View from SSW showing SSW front of E block

Description View from SSW showing SSW front of E block

Date 9/7/1970

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

Catalogue Number SC 733506

Category On-line Digital Images

Scope and Content Flour Mill, Carpet Lane, Leith, Edinburgh This large Z-plan building was built in 1828 as a steam-powered flour mill, grinding with millstones. It was probably the largest flour mill in Scotland when it was built. It was probably a victim of the transition from stone grinding to roller milling in about 1880, an became a seed warehouse and printing works. This shows the building looking along Carpet Wynd. There is a wing further along Carpet Lane which housed a printing works, and a wing out of sight on the left part of the seed store, which in 1970 belonged to Lawson Donaldson Seeds Ltd. This mill was still used as a printing works and seed store in 1970, but subsequently fell out of use. After several years of decay the printing works wing was converted to offices, and then the rest was developed as flats. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

External Reference H35/70/29/10

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