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List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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POLE PARK WORKS (Hessians & Sacking) | Pole Park Works (Hessians and Sacking) Pole Park Works (Hessians and Sacking) |
Messrs J. and R. Mitchell & Co. [Company] Proprietors Mr William Crabb Manager of Upper Pleasance Mill |
054 | [Situation] Near the western side of upper Pleasance. An extensive range of Buildings, situate at the north end of Pole Park Road. One, Two, Three and Four Storeys High; for the manufacture of Hessians and Sacking, and also Bagging; there are Preparing Rooms, Weaving Rooms, Batching Houses, Warehouses &cc. and as there is a small quantity of Flax, Jute, and Tow spun in the Mill, there is a Spinning Room, and other conveniences for carrying on that branch; there is also a Calendering Room, which is not yet in use; the machinery is worked by a Steam Engine of 80 horse power; and the average number of hands employed is 580 - The whole is the property of Messrs. J. & R. Mitchell, Dundee |
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[Page] 9Town of Dundee -- Parish of Liff and Benvie -- Sheet 54.5 No 22 Trace 1
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