OS1/14/26/9

List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
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

Continued entries/extra info

[Page] 9
Town of Dundee -- Parish of Liff and Benvie -- Sheet 54.5 No 22 Trace 1

  Transcribers who have contributed to this page.

Alison James- Moderator, Iain496

  Location information for this page.