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New Lanark village and mills, South Lanarkshire
New Lanark was founded in 1785 by David Dale and Richard Arkwright. It passed to Dale's son-in-law, Robert Owen, in 1799. Owen developed the village into a model community, aiming to make it both profitable and humane.
As well as housing for the workers, the village contained a church, a school, a shop, a bake-house and even a nursery. Despite alterations, the mill complex is still much as Dale and Owen planned it, except for one mill which burnt down in 1883. This photograph was taken in 1995.
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James Coats No.1 Spinning Mill, which was part of Ferguslie Thread Works in Paisley, Renfrewshire. This photograph was taken in 1989, prior to its demolition in 1992.
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Nairn's Linoleum Works in Kirkcaldy, Fife. This drawing shows the proposed alterations in 1883. The works were founded by Michael Nairn in 1847, and Kirkcaldy became the most important centre for Linoleum manufacture in the world.
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Shuttle pirns on a loom in the Viyella Mills, Glasgow, photographed in 1987. The factory was destroyed by fire in 1988.
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The weaving department in William Hollins Viyella Mills, Glasgow, in c.1950.
