General view from NNW showing Mill no 1 with Water Houses to the right

Description General view from NNW showing Mill no 1 with Water Houses to the right

Date 11/1/1971

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

Catalogue Number SC 772739

Category On-line Digital Images

Scope and Content Mill Number One, New Lanark, South Lanarkshire This shows the north-western end of the mills from the back of Double Row. In the middle is Mill No 1, rebuilt after a fire in 1786-7. The mill was reduced in height just after World War II. To the left are brick weaving sheds, and to the left the water-houses, used for cotton storage. Mill No 1 was restored to its full height in the mid-1990s, and converted into a training hotel. At the same time the surviving sections of the water-houses, built above the mill tailrace, was converted into self-catering units. The weaving sheds have been demolished to make way for car parking. This complex was founded in 1785 by David Dale and Richard Arkwright to use the latter's package of processes to spin cotton yarn by water power. Dale built four mills, and housing for about 2,000 workers. Robert Owen, with a succession of partners, remodelled the village, and rebuilt one of the mills after a fire. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

External Reference H35/71/2/0

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/collection/772739

File Format (TIF) Tagged Image File Format bitmap