Tay Works

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Detail of the rear facade of the Tay Works

The Tay Works were a textile manufacturing company in the Scottish city ​​of Dundee in the council area of the same name . They are on Marketgait ( A991 ) on the western edge of central Dundee. In 1965 their preserved buildings were included in the Scottish monument lists in the highest monument category A. The associated nacelle is classified separately as a Category A structure.

history

During the industrial revolution in the 19th century, Dundee developed into one of the most important locations for the textile industry in the United Kingdom . At the wedding in the late 19th century, around 60 textile mills were in operation there, employing more than 50,000 people. Around two thirds of the workers were women.

The company was founded in 1833 as the Hospital Ward Mill by William Boyack . The Hospital Ward Mill was completed in 1836. After the Coffin Mill , it is the largest mill in Dundee built before 1850. Although the textile mill had developed into the largest spinning mill for flax fiber in 1836 , Boyack was bankrupt in 1842. After seven years of vacancy, Gilroy Brothers & Co. acquired the company. In 1851 the expansion began with the construction of a new mill. The building, completed in 1855, was probably the largest textile mill in Scotland with a facade length of 198 m. Extensions were carried out until 1871, so that at high times the business consisted of eight separate mills with dye works. In 1986 apartments were housed in the new mill.

The abandoned original mill from the 1830s was placed on the Scottish List of Endangered Listings in 2009. Her condition was classified as poor with moderate risk in 2018.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  2. ↑ Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  3. ↑ The Scotsman: Dundee jute baron's fund to help create new jobs , September 4, 2013.
  4. ↑ Entry on Tay Works  in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
  5. ^ Charles McKean, Patricia Whatley, Kenneth Baxter: Lost Dundee: Dundee's Lost Architectural Heritage , Birlinn Ltd. ISBN 978-1-84158-562-8
  6. ↑ Entry on buildingsatrisk.org.uk

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Coordinates: 56 ° 27  '43.6 " N , 2 ° 58' 44.6"  W.