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Detail of maker's plate on Lowden generator
SC 356500
Description Detail of maker's plate on Lowden generator
Date 1967
Collection Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
Catalogue Number SC 356500
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of AN 628
Scope and Content Detail of makers' plate on generator, South Dudhope Jute Works, Smellies Lane, Dundee, Tayside A royal burgh since c.1191, Dundee was famous for the 'three J's': journalism (D C Thomson, publishers of The Beano and The Dandy); jam (Keillers was a household name for marmalade); and jute, which had its heyday from the 19th to the late 20th century. This is the makers' plate on a generator which supplied the electricity for the jute works of Alexander Henderson & Sons. As well as the makers' name: 'Lowdon Bros & Coy Dundee', it bears technical information for operation. The generator was powered by a steam engine made by James Carmichael & Company of Dundee in 1899. This steam engine also worked 154 looms and four dressing machines in the jute works. It was dismantled for scrap in 1967. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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