Interior View showing wet end of machine

Description Interior View showing wet end of machine

Date 3/5/1971

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

Catalogue Number SC 781969

Category On-line Digital Images

Scope and Content Mill, Caldercruix, North Lanarkshire This shows the lower 'wet end' of No 1 paper machine. Both of the machines had two 'wires'. The upper wire is on the floor above, and on the left the 'felt' bringing the wet layer of fibre from it can be seen, feeding into the 'couch rolls', which press the two layers together to form the finished paper. The double thickness of fibres will then be dried and wound on to a roller. Two-wire machines were used to make thick papers. This firm specialised in cover papers for books, and blotting paper. Some of the cover papers were embossed to give a woven finish. These mills were founded in 1848 by T R & G Craig, who also owned the large Moffat Mills, south of Airdrie. In 1971 they were owned by Robert Craig & Co. The Caldercruix mills had at one stage four paper-making machines, of which two were in operation when papermaking ended on 7 June 1971. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

External Reference H35/71/38/12

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