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Miln Street, DUNDEE, DD1 5BZ

The Ward Foundry was established in 1810 by J & C Carmichael to manufacture steam engines. This shows the c1880 new boiler shop with its riveting tower. The foundry closed in 1929 and was subsequently used by D C Thomson for paper storage. It is now in mixed occupancy and includes a mosque in its midst. This is a fascinating part of Dundee and I wish I had had more than the 2-3 hours I was allowed.

This is a large site that was the foundry of J & C Carmichael - founded in 1810 to make steam engines. The closest building is one of the boiler shops. In the midst of the complex is a new build mosque. The truncated square chimney in the distance is Verdant Works - now a museum.

Dundee City councils Kennels in Brown street.

Recently restored gallery at the former jute mill, now owned by the Dundee Heritage Trust.

This is now a museum of the jute industry. This is the main block of 1833 with wooden floors supported on cast iron columns and an 1852 gothic mansard cast-iron roof structure. This is the view along the top floor level, with the floors largely stripped out. This is a truly spectacular structure.

Now a museum of the jute industry. A former flax and jute spinning mill of 1833. This is the main block with the floors largely stripped out. The floors were wooden supported on iron columns and with a later 1852 gothic mansard cast-iron roof. At the bottom is the re-erected Boulton and Watt beam engine. The engine was installed at William Sandeman's Douglasfield Bleachworks in Dundee, It was ordered in 1801 and installed in 1802 at a cost of £517. The engine is believed to have worked for most of the century and was purchased and gifted to Dundee's Free Library Committee in 1898. It was displayed in a new museum at Dudhope Barracks from 1900 to 1939 when WWII intervened. The museum never reopened and the engine was dismantled in 1960s for display in Edinburgh but this too never happened and the engine returned to Dundee in 1975 and remained in store until 2012 when work started on a plan to conserve and display it at Verdant Works. This is a very late example of the type as at about the same time all iron engines with conventional cranks were starting to be built. This is the only surviving Boulton & Watt engine to have worked in Scotland and to be displayed close to where it originally worked.

Recently restored building at the former jute mill, now owned by the Dundee Heritage Trust. The chimney in the background is at Tay Works Image

Situated on the corner of Guthrie Street/Blinshall Street, Dundee.

Verdant works is a former flax and jute spinning mill that is now a museum of the jute industry. This little display on a floored part of the first floor shows the material (jute) in its raw state, intermediate stages (in the cans) and a finished product as twine on the trolley.

The printing works of D C Thompson date from 1959 and the 1960s by T Lindsay Gray and enclose an 1871 weaving shed. Printing ceased in 2010. Not the prettiest building but an important part of Dundee's history. It has been said Dundee was based on the 3 J's - jam, journalism and jute.