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Oblique aerial photograph, showing Nairn's Linoleum Works, Kirkcaldy Harbour and St Mary's Canvas Works
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Oblique aerial view centred on the Linoleum works with offices adjacent, taken from the ESE.
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Kirkcaldy. Nairn's Linoleum works. View showing the mixing of different coloured granules in order to produce 'marble' linoleum
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Kirkcaldy. Nairn's Linoleum works. View of mixing machine
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Kirkcaldy. Nairn's Linoleum works. Detail showing chute into mixing machine
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Kirkcaldy. Nairn's Linoleum works. Jute/Hessian Linoleum backing
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Detail showing chute into mixing machine
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Detail of linoleum Print Block formerly used for hand-printing linoleum (now situated in new offices)
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Linoleum calender
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Kirkcaldy. Nairn's Linoleum works. Mobile plain linoleum calendering machine
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Kirkcaldy. Nairn's Linoleum works. View showing the loading of oxidised 'cement' slabs into the mixing machines
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Kirkcaldy. Nairn's Linoleum works. View showing the hoist system serving mixing machines
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Kirkcaldy. Nairn's Linoleum works. The 'marble' top layer onto the Jute/Hessian bottom (already coated with recycled layer of 'cement')
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Oxidizing tanks/vessels for linseed oil/rosin mixture for cement.
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Kirkcaldy, Den Road, Nairn's Linoleum Works, NT29SE 41, Ordnance Survey index card, Recto
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Detail of exit gate and test tap on front of Smacker
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Freshly calendered plain linoleum on its way to the stoves
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Hoist system serving the mixing machine
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View of the waste recycling Department
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Bearing out - linoleum is collected into rolls and sent to packaging and dispatch Department
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Detail of linoleum Print Block formerly used for hand-printing linoleum (now situated in new offices)
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Detail of linoleum Print Block formerly used for hand-printing linoleum (now situated in new offices)
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Rolls of Jute/Hessian backing from Kirriemuir (Angus)
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General exterior view from WSW of W side of surviving block of N factory
Photosurvey 11 May 1995
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Kirkcaldy, Nairns' Linoleum Works
View from SW end of Nairn Street
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Oblique aerial view centred on the lino works, taken from the SSW.
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Oblique aerial view centred on the lino works, taken from the SSE.
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Nairn's Linoleum Works. Detail of linoleum Print Block formerly used for hand-printing linoleum (now situated in new offices)
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Aerial view
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Oblique aerial view centred on the Linoleum works with offices adjacent, taken from the SE.
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Kirkcaldy. Nairn's Linoleum works. Linoleum stoves - exterior view between blocks from the the ~North West (showing connecting walkways)
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Kirkcaldy. Nairn's Linoleum works. Rolls of Jute/Hessian backing from Kirriemuir (Angus)
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Kirkcaldy. Nairn's Linoleum works. Linoleum calender
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Detail of mixing machine
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View showing the hoist system serving mixing machines
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Mixing and granulating machine (using hot and cold calender rollers)
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Mixing and Blending - 'cement' is mixed with wood flour, ground cork, whiting (inorganic filler) and colour pigment
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Linoleum stove - general view inside stove partly filled with linoleum
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Linoleum stoves - exterior view between blocks from the the ~North West (showing connecting walkways)
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The 'marble' calender - the calenderd linoleum is carried away towards the stoves
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Caldering the cement 'granules' in just one direection and then the other in order to achieve a random 'marble' pattern
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Kirkcaldy, Nairn's Linoleum Works
View from SW end of Nairn Street
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Oblique aerial photograph
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Aerial view
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Oblique aerial view centred on the Linoleum works with offices adjacent, taken from the SE.
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Oblique aerial view centred on the Linoleum works with offices adjacent, taken from the SSW.
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Kirkcaldy. Nairn's Linoleum works. View showing the cutting of cement into slabs
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Kirkcaldy. Nairn's Linoleum works. Bearing out - linoleum is collected into rolls and sent to packaging and dispatch Department
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Kirkcaldy. Nairn's Linoleum works. Jute/Hessian Linoleum backing
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Granulated linoleum 'marble' top coat , ready for calendering onto Jute/Hessian backing
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General view of welded steel cylindrical linseed oil tanks from the South East
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View of the 'Marble' calender showing layers of precalendered cement aranged on the Jute/Hessian backing, Nairn's Linoleum Works, Kirkcaldy.
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Oblique aerial view centred on the lino works, taken from the SE.
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Nairn's Linoleum Works. Linoleum stove - view from floor looking up towards gantries and beamrollers suporting 'loops' of linoleum
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Oblique aerial photograph
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Kirkcaldy. Nairn's Linoleum works. Hoist system serving the mixing machine
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Kirkcaldy. Nairn's Linoleum works. Mixing and granulating machine (using hot and cold calender rollers)
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Kirkcaldy. Nairn's Linoleum works. Mixing machine
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Kirkcaldy. Nairn's Linoleum works. View of the waste recycling Department
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Kirkcaldy. Nairn's Linoleum works. Detail of linoleum Print Block formerly used for hand-printing linoleum (now situated in new offices)
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Kirkcaldy. Nairn's Linoleum works. Linoleum is fed up into the roof space above the calender, and then into the stoves for several days
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Kirkcaldy. Nairn's Linoleum works. Jute/Hessian now with foundation layer of 'cement' (made from waste cement recovered and recycled elsewhere) approaching 'marble' calender
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Oxidizing tanks/vessels for linseed oil/rosin mixture for cement.
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View showing the mixing of different coloured granules in order to produce 'marble' linoleum
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Kirkcaldy, Nairn's Linoleum Works
View of NE blocks on Nairn Street, from SW
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Kirkcaldy, Nairns' Linoleum Works
View of linoleum stoves in N block, from NW
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Aerial photograph, showing Nairn's Linoleum Works, Kirkcaldy Harbour and St Mary's Canvas Works.
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Kirkcaldy. Nairn's Linoleum works. Detail of mixing machine
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Kirkcaldy. Nairn's Linoleum works. View of the mixing machine
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Kirkcaldy. Nairn's Linoleum works. Granulated linoleum 'marble' top coat , ready for calendering onto Jute/Hessian backing
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Kirkcaldy. Nairn's Linoleum works. General view of welded steel cylindrical linseed oil tanks from the South East
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Kirkcaldy. Nairn's Linoleum works. Detail of linoleum Print Block formerly used for hand-printing linoleum (now situated in new offices)
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Kirkcaldy. Nairn's Linoleum works. The cement 'granules' in just one direction and then the other in order to achieve a random 'marble' pattern
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Kirkcaldy. Nairn's Linoleum works. 'Marble' Linoleum calender
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Calendered linoleum is fed up into the roof space above the calender, and then into the stoves for several days
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'Marble' Linoleum calender
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Kirkcaldy, Nairn's Linoleum Works
SW block of S factory, from SE
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Kirkcaldy, Nairn's Linoleum Works
View from SW end of Nairn Street
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Kirkcaldy. Nairn's Linoleum works. Detail of mixing machine
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Kirkcaldy. Nairn's Linoleum works. Linoleum stove - general view inside stove partly filled with linoleum
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Kirkcaldy. Nairn's Linoleum works. View from North North West between two main blocks of linoleum stoves, showing walkways between blocks
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View showing the cutting of cement into slabs
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Detail of mixing machine
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Mixing machine
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Linoleum stove - view from floor looking up towards gantries and beamrollers suporting 'loops' of linoleum
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View from North North West between two main blocks of linoleum stoves, showing walkways between blocks
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Jute/Hessian now with foundation layer of 'cement' (made from waste cement recovered and recycled elsewhere) approaching 'marble' calender
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Kirkcaldy, Nairn's Linoleum Works
Detail of Nairn Street frontage (SW block of S factory) from E
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Kirkcaldy. Nairn's Linoleum works. Detail of exit gate and test tap on front of Smacker
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Kirkcaldy. Nairn's Linoleum works. Freshly calendered plain linoleum on its way to the stoves
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Kirkcaldy. Nairn's Linoleum works. View of the waste mixer
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Kirkcaldy. Nairn's Linoleum works. Mixing and Blending - 'cement' is mixed with wood flour, ground cork, whiting (inorganic filler) and colour pigment
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Kirkcaldy. Nairn's Linoleum works. The 'marble' calender - the calenderd linoleum is carried away towards the stoves
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Mobile plain linoleum calendering machine
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View showing the loading of oxidised 'cement' slabs into the mixing machines
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View of mixing machine
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View of the mixing machine
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View of the waste mixer
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Organisation: Historic Environment Scotland (HES)
Alternative name(s): Scottish Linoleum Works; Forbo Nairn Ltd; Nairn Linoleum Factory; Walton's Linoleum Factory
Canmore ID: 94474
Site type: Linoleum Factory (19th Century) - (20th Century)
County: Fife
Parish: Kirkcaldy And Dysart
Council: Fife