East Quality Street Works. View of works from South East of works, fronting onto Orchard Lane. Although originally said to be a spinning mill,the site is now used as an engineering works.

Description East Quality Street Works. View of works from South East of works, fronting onto Orchard Lane. Although originally said to be a spinning mill,the site is now used as an engineering works.

Date 24/10/1995

Collection Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

Catalogue Number C 60872 CN

Category Photographs and Off-line Digital Images

Copies SC 398027

Scope and Content Lewis and Grant's foundry, East Quality Street, Dysart, Fife Lewis and Grant's foundry on East Quality Street is said to have begun as a spinning mill but later served as an engineering works. This is the main block of the works, probably built in the 19th century. Dysart, a pre-existing settlement on the outskirts of Kirkcaldy, became a burgh of barony in 1510 and a royal burgh in 1533. Originally a salt-making centre, it grew into a thriving port for exporting coal and fish. It declined from the 18th century. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

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