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Publication Account
Date 2013
Event ID 978506
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Publication Account
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/978506
Begun as a hand loom factory, founded in 1853, that made way to a steam powered factory in 1863. The timber-floored front, for weaving, winding and an office, was heightened from 2 to 4 storeys in 1871, reaching up into a tall Italianate clock tower. The large weaving shed had underfloor shafting and was of similar construction to Seafield Works, Dundee (DW13). The multistory part was converted into housing in 1989, and the single storey areas were retained for industrial purposes. Some hand loom shops are in the vicinity, one in Union St later the birthplace of Robert Watson-Watt, inventor of radar. Two buildings are shown as warping factories in the first edition O.S. map, that would have been used to set up the beams for the hand weavers.
M Watson, 2013
