View from SW showing WSW and SSE fronts of water tank with low washers in foreground
SC 712984
Description View from SW showing WSW and SSE fronts of water tank with low washers in foreground
Date 6/8/1969
Collection Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
Catalogue Number SC 712984
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, then with hydrochloric acid, and finally boiled to extract soluble proteins. The protein solution was concentrated in a vacuum in an evaporator. This view shows the very large water tank used for storing water to be used in washing limed and neutralised hides in the 'low washers' in front of the tank. The tank is made up of standard panels of cast iron, with external strengthening ribs, bolted together. 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 after. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
External Reference H35/69/55/18
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