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Feeding Hens Outside The Wages Office Of Blantyre Mill By The River Clyde c.1902

1902
Feeding Hens Outside The Wages Office Of Blantyre Mill By The River Clyde c.1902
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This building was still standing in 2003, but the other mill buildings were sold off during the liquidation of the company that owned them. They were purchased by builders in Lanarkshire, using the good dressed sandstone to build in Blantyre, Hamilton, Cambuslang, and places round about.

Blantyre Mill was a big mill – huge – a cotton mill that had its own gasworks. It employed up to 4,000 people.

Donor number: 0107-044

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Location:
Blantyre Mill on the River Clyde
Categories:
Daily Life
Tags:
1900s 1902 animal architecture bird Blantyre blouse building buildings business chicken Clyde cobbles commerce cotton courtyard doorway dress Edwardian feeding gas works gate hand on hip hen industry mill outdoor poultry smiling standing THELMA Trade window women work
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Living Memory Association
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The Walker Family - A Family Of Millers On The Water Of Leith

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