New Lanark
Introduction
The photograph on this page of New Lanark by Euan Nelson as part of the Geograph project.
The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.
There are currently over 7.5m images from over 14,400 individuals and you can help contribute to the project by visiting https://www.geograph.org.uk
New Lanark
Image: © Euan Nelson Taken: 23 May 2015
New Lanark was founded in the late eighteenth century as an industrial village based on cotton mills. Robert Owen later worked to transform New Lanark into a model industrial utopia, with enlightened management providing decent accommodation and eliminating the harsh working conditions prevalent in so many industrial enterprises in central Scotland at this time. However, it is doubtful whether working 10 hours a day for 6 days a week, with two days annual leave would be deemed "enlightened" nowadays!
Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
Image Location
Latitude
55.663698
Longitude
-3.78103