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Article: There's trouble at mill . .
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- Evening News - Scotland
- Article date:
- July 11, 1998
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CopyrightCopyright 1998 Evening News - Scotland. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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ITS roots were put down at the end of the 19th century, when
woodflour was needed in vast quantities to supply the burgeoning
linoleum industry.
And at its peak, the Edinburgh factory operated round the clock,
four men each toiling at the machinery for 12 hours at a time to
ensure the factories had a decent stock of raw material.
Now another slice of the city's industrial heritage is to be
consigned to the history books with the news that Scotland's last
surviving woodflour mill is to close.
The mill in Dunedin Street - set up to supply the booming linoleum
industry across the Forth in Fife - had grown from a timber company
set up by Robert Lamb in 1889.
The business, which included a ...