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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
UPPER PLEASANCE MILL (Hessians & Sacking) Upper Pleasance Mill (Hessians and Sacking)
Upper Pleasance Mill (Hessians and Sacking)
Messrs. Kinmond, Hill and Luke, Proprietors
Mr. J. Mitchell, Pole Park Works
054 [Situation] In the northern portion of Lower Pleasance
An extensive range of buildings situate in that portion of Lower Pleasance nearest Lochee Road consisting of Buildings 2, 3 and 4 storeys high, for the manufacture of Hessians and Sacking, and also for the spinning of Flax, Jute and Rove there are preparing rooms, Batching rooms Heckling Shops, Teazing Rooms, Weaving Rooms, Warehouses &c - the machinery is driven by a steam engine of 85 horse power, and there are on average 670 hands employed. the whole is the property of Messrs Kinmond, Hill, and Luke by whom the business is carried on.

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