View from N showing NW and NE fronts of 'Old End'
SC 710244
Description View from N showing NW and NE fronts of 'Old End'
Date 1969
Collection Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
Catalogue Number SC 710244
Category On-line Digital Images
Scope and Content Johnstone Mill, High Street, Johnstone, Renfrewshire The first mill on this site was built in 1782 by Corse, Burns & Co to spin cotton using Richard Arkwright's package of processes. This was eventually taken over by William Paton and Co for making braided boot and shoe laces, twine and 'smallwares'. They rebuilt the south end of the 1782 mill. This shows the north end of the 1782 mill, which was originally water-powered, The axle hole for the waterwheel can be seen to the right of the doorway in the gable. Latterly water was used to power a turbine. By 1970 the manufacturing capacity of the complex had been concentrated largely in the later part of the mills, and the remains of the 1782 mill, known as the 'Old End' was used for storage. It was the oldest surviving cotton-spinning mill in Scotland. The complex is still in use by Patons. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
External Reference H35/69/30/24
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