Interior View showing Blair evaporator (1952)
SC 710597
Description Interior View showing Blair evaporator (1952)
Date 8/7/1969
Collection Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
Catalogue Number SC 710597
Category On-line Digital Images
Scope and Content Glue & Gelatine Manufacturer, J & G Cox Ltd, Gorgie Mills (Gorgie Glue Works), Gorgie Road, Edinburgh This works was probably founded in about 1900 by J & G Cox Ltd, and made crystal gelatine and animal glue from hides. These were treated with lime and then with hydrochloric acid, then boiled to extract soluble proteins. The protein solution was concentrated in a vacuum in an evaporator. This shows one of the three evaporators in the works. This one is a triple-effet one made in 1952 by Blairs Ltd of Glasgow. The evaporator chambers, or 'effets', are on the right, and concentrate the solution in three stages. The water boiled off in each effet is used to heat the next. The works was also known as Gorgie Mills. Latterly it was owned by Bryant & May, match manufacturers, who used the glue as a component of their match heads. Owing to declining demand for matches, the company pulled out of Scotland in 1969. This factory was demolished soon afterwards. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
External Reference H35/69/42/9
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