Paisley, Blackhall Street, Blackhall Silk Throwing Factory General View
SC 597345
Description Paisley, Blackhall Street, Blackhall Silk Throwing Factory General View
Date 5/5/1967
Collection Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
Catalogue Number SC 597345
Category On-line Digital Images
Scope and Content Blackhall Silk Throwing Factory, Blackhall Street, Paisley, Renfrewshire This factory was founded in about 1848 by David Speirs & Co, probably to make thrown silk for use in the Paisley shawl trade, which was moving away from reliance on worsted yarns as fashion dictated. This shows the courtyard to the rear of the factory. The main street frontage building is on the left. Note the water-tower between the ranges, probably to supply a sprinkler system for fire control. Silk throwing is the process of unreeling the continuous strands of silk from cocoons spun by silkworms, and twisting them together to make a thread that can be woven. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
External Reference H67/236/2C
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