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New Lanark, The School View from ENE showing part of ENE front

SC 618079

Description New Lanark, The School View from ENE showing part of ENE front

Date 1969

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

Catalogue Number SC 618079

Category On-line Digital Images

Scope and Content School, New Lanark, South Lanarkshire New Lanark was founded as a cotton mill village in 1784 by David Dale and Richard Arkwright to use the latter's package of processes to spin cotton yarn (twist) by water power. The village was managed from 1799 to the mid-1820s by Robert Owen, and continued to spin cotton until 1968. This shows the School for Children built by one of Owen's partnerships in about 1816 to complement the New Institution completed in that year. It is seen between the two blocks of housing in Caithness Row. The roof partly collapsed in January 1971. This building was a school until the 1870s, and was then in marginal use until the mills closed. The collapse of the roof gave urgency to plans to conserve the village. The school was repaired by the Scottish Development Department, and has now been converted into an education centre. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

External Reference H69/544/2B

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/collection/618079

File Format (TIF) Tagged Image File Format bitmap

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