"If it wisnae for the weavers, what would we do?"
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"If it wisnae for the weavers, what would we do?"
Image: © kim traynor Taken: 14 Oct 2011
An embroidered cotton nightshirt with linen buttons displayed in the cottage where Andrew Carnegie was born into a weaver's family in 1835. The cottage was home to two families who shared a workshop downstairs with a living room and bedroom each upstairs. Hand-woven linen was Scotland's major export industry in the late 18th century and Dunfermline was famed for its damask linens. Weaving was, however, in serious decline by the time of Carnegie's birth owing to the introduction of steam-powered looms. An exhibit in the Andre Carnegie Birthplace Museum.
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Image Location
Latitude
56.067885
Longitude
-3.461481