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1805 the Barrowfield works were sold to Henry Monteith | 1805 the Barrowfield works were sold to Henry Monteith | ||
This business was carried on at Blantyre under the firm of Henry Monteith & Co. | This business was carried on at Blantyre under the firm of Henry Monteith & Co. | ||
By 1886 it had become by far the oldest of all of the Turkey-red houses. | |||
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* Glasgow men [http://gdl.cdlr.strath.ac.uk/mlemen/mlemen088.htm] | * Glasgow men by James MacLehose, 1886 [http://gdl.cdlr.strath.ac.uk/mlemen/mlemen088.htm] | ||
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[[Category: Town - Blantyre]] | [[Category: Town - Blantyre]] | ||
[[Category: Dyers and Finishers]] | [[Category: Dyers and Finishers]] | ||
Latest revision as of 11:01, 10 January 2018
of Blantyre, Lanarkshire.
Turkey-red dyers and calico printers.
1783 the first Turkey-red works in Great Britain was started at Barrowfield by David Dale and George Macintosh
1805 the Barrowfield works were sold to Henry Monteith
This business was carried on at Blantyre under the firm of Henry Monteith & Co.
By 1886 it had become by far the oldest of all of the Turkey-red houses.
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Sources of Information
- Glasgow men by James MacLehose, 1886 [1]