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Publication Account
Date 1996
Event ID 1019289
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Publication Account
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1019289
Musselburgh's ability to develop was dependent on its industry, much of which, in its turn, was dependent on the vital source of power, the River Esk. On the west bank of the Esk, upstream from the old bridge, is the remnant of the net mill figure 22.G. The four-storey mill, with its fine classical facade, has recently been renovated as office premises, but it was in its heyday, the mid nineteenth century, one of the most important and innovative net makers in the country, employing over 600 people. Further upstream may still be seen the sluice gate figure 22.H, the vital controller of water supply to the mill lade, which flowed through the industrial complex of paper and net mills before re-entering the Esk near its mouth. The supply is now piped underground, but the sluice remains, a reminder of the importance of the Esk, the sluice, the mill dam and the mill lade from medieval times (see pp 18- 19).
Information from ‘Historic Musselburgh: The Archaeological Implications of Development’ (1996).
