View from SW showing WSW front of water tank with low washers in foreground
SC 712985
Description View from SW showing WSW front 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 712985
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 one of the two ranges of 'low washers' used to wash hides after they had been limed and then neutralised in the 'high washers'. The curved metal spikes lifted up the hides so that they were thoroughly washed. The high washers are on the platform on the left. 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 H35/69/55/19
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