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Wick, Newton Road, John O'Groat laundry View of frontage from NW
SC 440339
Description Wick, Newton Road, John O'Groat laundry View of frontage from NW
Date 1974
Collection Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
Catalogue Number SC 440339
Category On-line Digital Images
Scope and Content John O'Groat Laundry, Wick, Caithness This is a good example of a commercial laundry of the type that became popular at the turn of the century. In laundries like this, household linen and clothing could be washed mechanically, for a small fee. This view shows the laundry from the street. The single-storey brick workshops are typical of the building type, as is the square-section brick chimney stack. Laundries like this became less popular with the availability of cheap domestic washing machines. The survivors wash industrial clothing and hotel ware. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
External Reference H74/158/4
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