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Glasgow, 171 Boden Street, Viyella Mills
Textile Mill (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Glasgow, 171 Boden Street, Viyella Mills
Classification Textile Mill (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Dalmarnock; Viyella Weaving Factory; Renison, Mcnab And Co; Hollins Viyella Factory
Canmore ID 68412
Site Number NS66SW 85
NGR NS 6150 6367
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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SC 590444
Glasgow, 171 Boden Street, Viyella Weaving Factory General View
Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
25/2/1967
© Copyright: HES (Reproduced courtesy of J R Hume)
SC 1667384
Glasgow, 171 Boden Street, Viyella Weaving Factory, interior view of quality control inspection department.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
28/5/1987
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1667389
Glasgow, 171 Boden Street, Viyella Weaving Factory, interior. View of heddling department.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
28/5/1987
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1667395
Glasgow, 171 Boden Street, Viyella Weaving Factory. Exterior view of boiler house and former engine house.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
28/5/1987
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1667399
Glasgow, 171 Boden Street, Viyella Weaving Factory. Detail of pirn winding machine.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
28/5/1987
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1667411
Glasgow, 171 Boden Street, Viyella Weaving Factory. Detail of saurer broadloom in use.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
28/5/1987
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2536439
Glasgow, 171 Boden Street, Viyella Weaving Factory, interior. View of bay in weaving shed with saurer broadlooms in use.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
28/5/1987
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2536441
Glasgow, 171 Boden Street, Viyella Weaving Factory, interior. View of saurer broadloom in use.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
28/5/1987
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2536444
Glasgow, 171 Boden Street, Viyella Weaving Factory, interior. View of quality control and inspection department with woman at work.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
28/5/1987
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2536465
Glasgow, 171 Boden Street, Viyella Weaving Factory. Detail of pirn magazine and programming cards on saurer broadloom (in use).
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
28/5/1987
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 590449
Glasgow, 171 Boden Street, Viyella Weaving Factory View of Boden Street frontage
Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
25/2/1967
© Copyright: HES (Reproduced courtesy of J R Hume)
SC 595648
Glasgow, 171 Boden Street, Viyella Mills View from S showing SW front and part of SE front of S block
Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
23/7/1967
© Copyright: HES (Reproduced courtesy of J R Hume)
SC 1667388
Glasgow, 171 Boden Street, Viyella Weaving Factory, interior. View of dressing machine in sizing department.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
28/5/1987
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1667397
Glasgow, 171 Boden Street, Viyella Weaving Factory. General view of Nuneaton Street frontage of weving shed.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
28/5/1987
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2536440
Glasgow, 171 Boden Street, Viyella Weaving Factory. Detail of heddle ready for the looms.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
28/5/1987
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2536453
Glasgow, 171 Boden Street, Viyella Weaving Factory. General view of former work's offices on corner of Boden Street and Nuneaton Street.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
28/5/1987
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2536454
Glasgow, 171 Boden Street, Viyella Weaving Factory. Detail of pirn winding machine.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
28/5/1987
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2536458
Glasgow, 171 Boden Street, Viyella Weaving Factory. Detail of burners on boiler front (oil-fired).
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
28/5/1987
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2536464
Glasgow, 171 Boden Street, Viyella Weaving Factory. Detail of early beaming machine.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
28/5/1987
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2536469
Glasgow, 171 Boden Street, Viyella Weaving Factory. Detail of cast-iron line shaft drive box in wall between former engine house and weaving shed.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
28/5/1987
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1667385
Glasgow, 171 Boden Street, Viyella Weaving Factory, interior. View of bay in weaving shed with saurer broadlooms in use.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
28/5/1987
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1667387
Glasgow, 171 Boden Street, Viyella Weaving Factory, interior. View of saurer broadloom in use.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
28/5/1987
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1667390
Glasgow, 171 Boden Street, Viyella Weaving Factory, interior. Pirn winding machine.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
28/5/1987
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1667393
Glasgow, 171 Boden Street, Viyella Weaving Factory, interior. Interior view of bay in weaving shed.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
28/5/1987
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1667406
Glasgow, 171 Boden Street, Viyella Weaving Factory. Detail of part of dressing machine in sizing department.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
28/5/1987
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1667409
Glasgow, 171 Boden Street, Viyella Weaving Factory. Detail of pirn magazine and programming cards on saurer broadloom (in use).
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
28/5/1987
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1667410
Glasgow, 171 Boden Street, Viyella Weaving Factory. Detail of pirn magazine on end of saurer broadloom (in use).
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
28/5/1987
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1667412
Glasgow, 171 Boden Street, Viyella Weaving Factory. Detail of warping machine.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
28/5/1987
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2536445
Glasgow, 171 Boden Street, Viyella Weaving Factory, interior. Pirn winding machine.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
28/5/1987
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2536446
Glasgow, 171 Boden Street, Viyella Weaving Factory, interior. Detail of warping machine.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
28/5/1987
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2536448
Glasgow, 171 Boden Street, Viyella Weaving Factory, interior. Interior view of bay in weaving shed.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
28/5/1987
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2536449
Glasgow, 171 Boden Street, Viyella Weaving Factory, interior. General view of weaving shed interior from South-East.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
28/5/1987
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2536466
Glasgow, 171 Boden Street, Viyella Weaving Factory. Detail of pirn magazine on end of saurer broadloom (in use).
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
28/5/1987
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1667403
Glasgow, 171 Boden Street, Viyella Weaving Factory. Detail of fuel oil feed pumps for two work's boilers.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
28/5/1987
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1667404
Glasgow, 171 Boden Street, Viyella Weaving Factory. Detail of two water pumps for work's boilers (Weirs).
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
28/5/1987
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1667408
Glasgow, 171 Boden Street, Viyella Weaving Factory. Detail of early beaming machine.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
28/5/1987
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2536447
Glasgow, 171 Boden Street, Viyella Weaving Factory, interior. Detail of one of two work's boilers (oil-fired).
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
28/5/1987
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2536463
Glasgow, 171 Boden Street, Viyella Weaving Factory. Detail of early 'Leesona' pirn winding machine in sizing department.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
28/5/1987
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2536467
Glasgow, 171 Boden Street, Viyella Weaving Factory. Detail of saurer broadloom in use.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
28/5/1987
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1667391
Glasgow, 171 Boden Street, Viyella Weaving Factory, interior. Detail of warping machine.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
28/5/1987
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1667400
Glasgow, 171 Boden Street, Viyella Weaving Factory. Detail of starch heating vesel in sizing department.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
28/5/1987
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2536442
Glasgow, 171 Boden Street, Viyella Weaving Factory, interior. View of dressing machine in sizing department.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
28/5/1987
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2536455
Glasgow, 171 Boden Street, Viyella Weaving Factory. Detail of heddle prepared for the looms.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
28/5/1987
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2536457
Glasgow, 171 Boden Street, Viyella Weaving Factory. Detail of cast-iron column head and overhead line-shafting bracket in weaving shed.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
28/5/1987
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2536459
Glasgow, 171 Boden Street, Viyella Weaving Factory. Detail of fuel oil feed pumps for two work's boilers.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
28/5/1987
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2536461
Glasgow, 171 Boden Street, Viyella Weaving Factory. Detail of winding end of warping machine.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
28/5/1987
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2706794
Glasgow, Dalmarnock, Sir William Arrol's Works. General oblique aerial view.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography
1988
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2706795
Glasgow, Dalmarnock, Sir William Arrol's Works. General oblique aerial view.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography
1988
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 590445
Glasgow, 171 Boden Street, Viyella Weaving Factory View of weaving sheds
Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
25/2/1967
© Copyright: HES (Reproduced courtesy of J R Hume)
SC 595646
Glasgow, 171 Boden Street, Viyella Mills View from ENE showing SE front and part of NE front of S block
Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
23/7/1967
© Copyright: HES (Reproduced courtesy of J R Hume)
SC 1667396
Glasgow, 171 Boden Street, Viyella Weaving Factory. General view of Boden Street frontage.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
28/5/1987
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1667398
Glasgow, 171 Boden Street, Viyella Weaving Factory. General view of former work's offices on corner of Boden Street and Nuneaton Street.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
28/5/1987
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1667401
Glasgow, 171 Boden Street, Viyella Weaving Factory. Detail of cast-iron column head and overhead line-shafting bracket in weaving shed.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
28/5/1987
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1667402
Glasgow, 171 Boden Street, Viyella Weaving Factory. Detail of burners on boiler front (oil-fired).
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
28/5/1987
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1667405
Glasgow, 171 Boden Street, Viyella Weaving Factory. Detail of winding end of warping machine.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
28/5/1987
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1667414
Glasgow, 171 Boden Street, Viyella Weaving Factory. Detail of cast-iron line-shaft drive box in wall of former engine house (sizing department).
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
28/5/1987
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1685045
Glasgow, Dalmarnock, Arrol's Works. General oblique aerial view.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography
1988
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1685046
Glasgow, Dalmarnock, Arrol's Works. General oblique aerial view.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography
1988
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2536438
Glasgow, 171 Boden Street, Viyella Weaving Factory, interior view of quality control inspection department.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
28/5/1987
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2536451
Glasgow, 171 Boden Street, Viyella Weaving Factory. General view of Boden Street frontage.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
28/5/1987
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2536452
Glasgow, 171 Boden Street, Viyella Weaving Factory. General view of Nuneaton Street frontage of weving shed.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
28/5/1987
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2536462
Glasgow, 171 Boden Street, Viyella Weaving Factory. Detail of part of dressing machine in sizing department.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
28/5/1987
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2536468
Glasgow, 171 Boden Street, Viyella Weaving Factory. Detail of warping machine.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
28/5/1987
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2536470
Glasgow, 171 Boden Street, Viyella Weaving Factory. Detail of cast-iron line-shaft drive box in wall of former engine house (sizing department).
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
28/5/1987
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 590446
Glasgow, 171 Boden Street, Viyella Weaving Factory View of weaving sheds fronting Nuneaton Street, works offices in background
Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
25/2/1967
© Copyright: HES (Reproduced courtesy of J R Hume)
SC 881816
Glasgow, Boden Street, Wm. Hollins Viyella Mills, interior. Copy of photograph of weaving department interior, Nothrop looms.
c. 1950
© RCAHMS
SC 1667394
Glasgow, 171 Boden Street, Viyella Weaving Factory, interior. General view of weaving shed interior from South-East.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
28/5/1987
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1667413
Glasgow, 171 Boden Street, Viyella Weaving Factory. Detail of cast-iron line shaft drive box in wall between former engine house and weaving shed.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
28/5/1987
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2536456
Glasgow, 171 Boden Street, Viyella Weaving Factory. Detail of starch heating vesel in sizing department.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
28/5/1987
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2536460
Glasgow, 171 Boden Street, Viyella Weaving Factory. Detail of two water pumps for work's boilers (Weirs).
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
28/5/1987
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2706793
Glasgow, Dalmarnock, Sir William Arrol's Works. General oblique aerial view.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography
1988
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2706796
Glasgow, Dalmarnock, Sir William Arrol's Works. General oblique aerial view.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography
1988
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 881815
Detail of shuttle pirns on saurer broadloom, Viyella Mills, Glasgow.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
28/5/1987
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1667386
Glasgow, 171 Boden Street, Viyella Weaving Factory. Detail of heddle ready for the looms.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
28/5/1987
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1667392
Glasgow, 171 Boden Street, Viyella Weaving Factory, interior. Detail of one of two work's boilers (oil-fired).
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
28/5/1987
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1667407
Glasgow, 171 Boden Street, Viyella Weaving Factory. Detail of early 'Leesona' pirn winding machine in sizing department.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
28/5/1987
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1919303
Glasgow, Boden Street, general. View of building on West side of Bodin Street from South-East.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
28/5/1987
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2536443
Glasgow, 171 Boden Street, Viyella Weaving Factory, interior. View of heddling department.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
28/5/1987
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2536450
Glasgow, 171 Boden Street, Viyella Weaving Factory. Exterior view of boiler house and former engine house.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
28/5/1987
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2536471
Glasgow, Boden Street, general. View of building on West side of Bodin Street from South-East.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
28/5/1987
© Crown Copyright: HES
- Council Glasgow, City Of
- Parish Glasgow (City Of Glasgow)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District City Of Glasgow
- Former County Lanarkshire
Works burned down in 1988
