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Dundee, Kingsway West, N.c.r. Works
Works (20th Century)
Site Name Dundee, Kingsway West, N.c.r. Works
Classification Works (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) National Cash Registers; Van Leer Factory; Tay Textile Works
Canmore ID 70495
Site Number NO33SE 102
NGR NO 36971 32542
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/70495
- Council Dundee, City Of
- Parish Dundee (Dundee, City Of)
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District City Of Dundee
- Former County Angus
Publication Account (2013)
Timex (NO33SE 101), like NCR was part of an American investor in Scotland after World War II in 1946. NCR became the biggest employer in Dundee (6,500 in 1970 when preparing for decimalisation), supported the NCR pipe band, and had playing fields, tennis courts and a bowling green between Camperdown Park and its first factory. An ice rink has taken the place of the factory, but the boardroom, containing a mural dedicated to Scottish industries, is obstinately hanging on. Further factories were added in 1949, 1952, 1961 and 1963. ATM manufacture continues elsewhere, but research and development is still in the city, in a
new building for NCR with a steeply pitched roof by J F Stephen, 2007.
M Watson, 2013
