Dundee, Dura Street, Dura Works
Works (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Dundee, Dura Street, Dura Works
Classification Works (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Scott's; Cowan Street; Dens Road
Canmore ID 33561
Site Number NO43SW 94
NGR NO 40756 31253
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/33561
- Council Dundee, City Of
- Parish Dundee (Dundee, City Of)
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District City Of Dundee
- Former County Angus
Publication Account (2013)
Beside Dens Burn, which runs in a stone lined culvert down the East side of Dens Road, this 3-storey L-plan fireproof flax spinning mill was built in 1836 for Harry Walker, flax spinner from Dura Den in Fife. It has a tripartite windowed engine house with spiral stair and arched openings for the boilers. Walls are part carried on cast iron columns inserted to open out access to carding machines, with the bearing pads for line shafting. Converted to housing in 2002. (See NO43SW 99 Walker’s new mill, 1874, after which Dura Mill passed to James Scott of Mid Wynd and Hillbank Works).
M Watson, 2013
