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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
LOCH MILL {Paper] Loch Mill (Paper)
Loch Mill (Paper)
Mr. John Phillips
Clerk
Mr. James Johnstone
Foreman
005 [Situation] About 32 Chains N.W. [North West] of West Port
A large paper Manufactory Situated half a Mile N.W. [North West] of the town of Linlithgow, it is rather irregularly built, being of different altitudes, from One to four Storeys high. It was established in 1808 and is for the manufacture of Printing and Cartridge paper Only. It embraces the different departments Connected paper Making viz - Sorting, Cutting, Carding, Engine, Machine, Bleaching and Finishing Rooms. The Mill is worked by Steam & Water. Two Engines of 10 & 25 horse power. Water wheel 26 feet diameter by 1½ foot & 6 horse power, the Average Number of hands Male & female employed is 70. The property of Mr. A. Cowan and Sons PennicuiK.

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