View from WSW showing curved WSW front of N acid tank

Description View from WSW showing curved WSW front of N acid tank

Date 6/8/1969

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

Catalogue Number SC 712988

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 larger of the two tanks used to store dilute hydrochloric acid used to neutralise hides in the 'high washers' after they had been limed. The tank is built up from cast iron sections, a typical form of construction until the 1960s. 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 H35/69/55/22

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