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Dundee, Methven Street, Camperdown Works, Jute Warehouse 5

Warehouse (Period Unassigned)

Site Name Dundee, Methven Street, Camperdown Works, Jute Warehouse 5

Classification Warehouse (Period Unassigned)

Alternative Name(s) Burnside Street

Canmore ID 165113

Site Number NO33SE 64.01

NGR NO 38171 31487

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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  • Council Dundee, City Of
  • Parish Dundee (Dundee, City Of)
  • Former Region Tayside
  • Former District City Of Dundee
  • Former County Angus

Archaeology Notes

NO33SE 64.01 NO 38171 31487

This building is now derelict (AC 11 November 2003)

Site Management (24 March 2010)

Raw jute unloaded from trains at 1st floor at E elevation and taken from warehouse at ground floor of W elevation. Rubble. W elevation 2 storey 17-bay with ground floor iron-plated doors. All windows are blind stone slabs. Band course over each storey. E elevation 1 storey to railway platform, iron plated doors and blind windows. N and S gables have 3 1st floor windows in architraves and round-headed window in tympanum, all blind, skewputts and flat-topped finial. Slate roof divided by 5 fire-barrier walls with flat-topped finials. Interior heavy timber post and beam construction and timber roof. (Historic Environment Scotland List Entry)

The Cox Brothers also took advantage of the growing importance of jute and, following the construction of Camperdown Works, begun in 1849, ultimately became one of the largest jute manufacturing companies in Europe. In a short time every operation connected with the manufacture of jute was performed within their premises. The works covered an area of 25 acres and employed about 5,000 workers. One of the most prominent features of the works was the giant chimney stack built from 1,000,001 bricks. A branch railway ran into the works from the Caledonian line to Dundee. (University of Dundee Archive service)

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