Camperdown Works: Jute Warehouses 5-8, 14-15 (Former)
Date 24 March 2010
Event ID 914820
Category Management
Type Site Management
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/914820
Raw jute unloaded from trains at 1st floor at E elevation and taken from warehouse at ground floor of W elevation. Rubble. W elevation 2 storey 17-bay with ground floor iron-plated doors. All windows are blind stone slabs. Band course over each storey. E elevation 1 storey to railway platform, iron plated doors and blind windows. N and S gables have 3 1st floor windows in architraves and round-headed window in tympanum, all blind, skewputts and flat-topped finial. Slate roof divided by 5 fire-barrier walls with flat-topped finials. Interior heavy timber post and beam construction and timber roof. (Historic Environment Scotland List Entry)
The Cox Brothers also took advantage of the growing importance of jute and, following the construction of Camperdown Works, begun in 1849, ultimately became one of the largest jute manufacturing companies in Europe. In a short time every operation connected with the manufacture of jute was performed within their premises. The works covered an area of 25 acres and employed about 5,000 workers. One of the most prominent features of the works was the giant chimney stack built from 1,000,001 bricks. A branch railway ran into the works from the Caledonian line to Dundee. (University of Dundee Archive service)
