Dundee, Fairmuir Road, Baltic Factory
Factory, Textile Industry Site
Site Name Dundee, Fairmuir Road, Baltic Factory
Classification Factory, Textile Industry Site
Alternative Name(s) Thomas Miln Ltd
Canmore ID 353826
Site Number NO33SE 709
NGR NO 39796 32434
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/353826
- Council Dundee, City Of
- Parish Dundee (Dundee, City Of)
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District City Of Dundee
- Former County Angus
Note (9 May 2017)
Thomas Miln Ltd, Baltic Factory. Reed and Heddle Manufacturer: the metal strips used to separate each warp yarn in weaving and dating from c.1890-1900. Miln is first listed in The Dundee Directory 1902-03 under 'Reed and Camb Makers'. The location for the works was chosen to take advantage of a spur of the Dundee & Newtyle Railway built to serve industries.
This building and land has been bought by a developer.
Personal correspondence from Mark Watson, HES (Conservation Directorate), 9 May 2017; Dundee Directory, 1902
Note (9 May 2017)
The Baltic Factory is depicted and named on the 2nd edition Ordnance Survey 6-inch map (Forfarshire, 1903 (revised 1900), sheet LIV.NW).
Information from Survey and Recording Section (Heritage Directorate), Historic Environmant Scotland (MMD), 9 May 2017.
