View from N (some blocks formerly Westburn Works).

Description View from N (some blocks formerly Westburn Works).

Date 15/7/1970

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

Catalogue Number SC 733630

Category On-line Digital Images

Scope and Content Douglas Fraser Works (Westburn Foundry), Orchard Street, Arbroath, Angus Arbroath was second only to Dundee as the principal industrial centre in Angus. Its principal industry was for many years the making of sailcloth and flax canvas, but it also had a notable engineering industry, as well as its renowned fishing and boatbuilding trades. This shows the westernmost part of this large engineering works, which is split into three sections by a road and by the main railway line form Arbroath to Aberdeen, seen in this view looking north. The buildings in the centre and to the right are the former Wellgate Works (Flax & Jute). The Westburn Foundry was established in the 19th century by Douglas Fraser & Sons, and originally made machinery for the flax and jute trades. By 1970 it had become the property of Giddings & Lewis Fraser Ltd, and was making machine tools. Most of the works closed in 1993. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

External Reference H35/70/32/1

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/collection/733630

File Format (TIF) Tagged Image File Format bitmap