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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| INDUSTRIAL SCHOOLS [Dundee] | Industrial Schools | Half Yearly Report of Society Mr. T. Henderson Painted over entrance Dundee Directory |
054 | [Situation] On the north side of Ward Street. A large & substantially built edifice, of a very neat & tasteful design founded & erected principally through the instrumentality of George Duncan Esqr. MP [Member of Parliament] in 1856 and locally known as the "Duncan Testimonial". It is an extensive building three storeys in height with a small square tower on the South side surmounted by a spire. The whole is built of rough hewn stone faced with freestone & walled & railed in throughout. It is adapted to the purposes of Industrial Schools and supported by voluntary contributions, Donations and bequests. The inmates are both Boys & Girls, chiefly destitute juvenile delinquents who having been convicted before the Magistrates are here employed in industrial pursuits, clothed, fed & educated with a view to their ultimate reformation. There are at present between 50 & 60 [continued on page 42] |
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[Page] 41Town of Dundee -- Sheet 54.5 No. 24 Trace 4
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