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NEW LANARK: 9-16 Caithness Row
SC 755062
Description NEW LANARK: 9-16 Caithness Row
Date 6/2002
Catalogue Number SC 755062
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of E 32607
Scope and Content Nos 9-16 Caithness Row, New Lanark, South Lanarkshire, from south-east This shows part of Nos 9-16 Caithness Row which was built in the late 18th century. The north front (left) is two-storeyed, but, because the building is built on a slope, the south front is three-storeyed. The two-bayed building (right) has a piended (hipped) roof with a louvered ventilator. This building, now a garage, was originally an abattoir but was later converted into toilets and a wash-house. The Nursery Buildings are shown in the background. Caithness Row is named after the Scottish county which was the origin of some of the Highlanders who worked in the village. Nos 9-16 Caithness Row is a detached extension of Nos 1-8. The gap between these two buildings allowed children to reach the School, via a bridge over the lade, without having to walk a longer distance past the mills. 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: E32607
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