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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 804170
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/804170
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Mill [NAT]
OS (GIS) MasterMap, November 2009.
Riversdale Mill was constructed during the latter part of the 1880's for tweed manufacturer William Kedie and Co. They continued to operate from Riversdale Mill until December 1898, when they were finally bought out by Messr. Blenkhorn Richardson and Co. Ltd., who operated from Eastfield Mill. The total assets of William Kedie and Co. at this time were valued at #10,956,,19,,2d.
Source: The Industrial Archaeology of the Tweed and Hosiery Textiles Mills of Hawick, with particular reference to their development, ownership and prime movers between 1820 and 1930, October 1997
During March 1999, RCAHMS conducted a photographic survey of the remaining textile mills within Hawick. The purpose of this survey was to enhance and augment the existing holdings of the National Monuments Record Scotland.
Visited by RCAHMS (MKO), March 1999.
