Cox's Stack
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Cox's Stack by Val Vannet as part of the Geograph project.
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Cox's Stack
Image: © Val Vannet Taken: 16 May 2005
The Camperdown Works of Messrs Cox Brothers, built in 1849-64, was said to be the largest jute factory in the world with 820 powerlooms, 150 handlooms and 5000 employees. Cox's Stack, the 86-m (282-foot) high campanile-style factory chimney, survives.
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Image Location
Latitude
56.471462
Longitude
-3.016097