View from ESE showing SSE and ENE fronts of 'new' engine house with 'old' engine house on right and S block on left

Description View from ESE showing SSE and ENE fronts of 'new' engine house with 'old' engine house on right and S block on left

Date 7/5/1969

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

Catalogue Number SC 699501

Category On-line Digital Images

Scope and Content Garie Works (Mill), Kirriemuir, Angus This mill was founded in 1868 by the Wilkie family to weave jute fabric for sacking and bagging, presumably using yarn spun in Dundee, which was the centre of the jute trade. The mill was originally steam-powered, and there were still three steam engines in it in 1969. This shows the two-storey finishing block, with on the right the engine house for the main driving engine by Douglas and Grant of Kirkcaldy. The finishing block housed calenders and mangles which were used to close up the texture of the cloth before it was made up into sacks and bags. The main Douglas and Grant driving engine was kept as a standby in 1969, and was still in good condition, It was scrapped in about 1970. A second engine drove dynamos to supply electricity to the mill. The third engine had been used to drive machinery directly, but was disused. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

External Reference H35/69/28/28

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/collection/699501

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