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View from N of N end of Mill No.1
SC 754836
Description View from N of N end of Mill No.1
Date 13/6/2002
Catalogue Number SC 754836
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of E 32379 CN
Scope and Content Mill No 1, New Lanark, South Lanarkshire, from north This shows the five-storeyed, attic and basement Mill No 1 which was built in 1785 and rebuilt in 1789 after a fire the previous year. The building opened as a hotel in 1998 after a £7 million restoration. The lade which is in front of Mill No 2 (left) and Mill No 3 (far left) runs underneath Mill No 1. Water flows back into the River Clyde at the tail-race (right) underneath the arch of the two-storeyed water-houses. This restoration has won several awards as it has retained and replaced many architectural features but also because it has encouraged economic growth in the area with around 55 people employed in the hotel and surrounding buildings. Originally the building had a bellcote which in the mid-19th century was moved to the New Buildings where it has become an accepted feature. New Lanark was founded c.1785 by David Dale (1739-1806), a Glasgow merchant, and Richard Arkwright (1732-92), inventor of a water-frame for cotton spinning. Powered by water flowing from the Falls of Clyde the first cotton mill opened in 1786 and by 1799 the complex was the largest of its kind in Scotland. Robert Owen (1771-1858), who was married to David Dale's daughter, was one of a group who bought the mills in 1800. He transformed them into a model industrial community with good working conditions, houses, a non-profit store, a school and an institute for workers. Owen's partners bought the mills in 1828 and operated them until 1881 when another partnership took over. The Gourock Ropework Company ran the site until 1968 which is now mainly under the care of the New Lanark Conservation Trust (founded 1974-5). New Lanark was designated a World Heritage Site in 2001. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
External Reference Original: E32379/CN
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