19th century Jute mill now converted into modern student`s accommodation in Dundee,UK
Most 19th century jute mills and factories have been renovated into student and economic was the natural location to introduce the jute industry to the UK. The city was home to a textile industry that could adapt to jute, and workers could be retrained quickly to process it. Dundee had a thriving whale industry, and the oil was needed to soften jute. The East India Company was looking for new markets for its jute, hoping to replace its peak in the 1860s and 1870s the jute processing industry in Dundee employed some 50,000 people in over 60 factories located across the city. The industry transformed Dundee into one of the earliest urban industrial areas in Dundee Jute Industry started to decline from 1914 when the 'Jute Barons' started to invest money in setting up Jute mills in the Indian sub-continent, making the products cheaper by utilizing cheap labour of India. Only one jute spinning mill survived in the city until the end of the 20th bell shaped structure is dedicated to the Dundee Architect that had them erected on top of most 19th century jute mills, office buildings
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Location: Dundee Angus Tayside Scotland United Kingdom
Photo credit: © Dundee Photographics / Alamy / Afripics
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