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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., which became by far the oldest of all of the Turkey-red houses.
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