New Lanark, The School View from N showing part of NNW and ENE fronts of school with roofs in foreground

Description New Lanark, The School View from N showing part of NNW and ENE fronts of school with roofs in foreground

Date 1981

Collection Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland

Catalogue Number SC 573601

Category On-line Digital Images

Scope and Content New Lanark, Lanark, Lanarkshire (South Lanarkshire council area) The village of New Lanark, with its cotton mills, was built by David Dale from 1784, and was enlarged by his son-in-law Robert Owen and Owen's partners from 1800. The mills eventually came into the hands of the Gourock Ropework Co Ltd and closed in 1968. This view shows, in the centre, the School for Children built by Owen and his partners in about 1817. It was used as a school until the 1880s, and then for a variety of purposes. The roof partly collapsed in 1971, and was being repaired in 1981. The school was being repaired by the Ancient Monuments Division of the Scottish Development Department. This was the first part of the mill complex to be restored. In 2001 it was being converted into an educational centre. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

External Reference H81/17/1

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/collection/573601

File Format (TIF) Tagged Image File Format bitmap