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15-04-2009, 12:01 AM
The historic Paton’s Mill is an A-listed building. The Old Mill section of the huge factory dates back to 1782 and is thought to be the first machine factory in the world. The mill was opened originally as a cotton-spinning factory but was later used for lace manufacture.
Built by the Corse and Burns Company, it predates by four years the New Lanark cotton-mill which was founded by David Dale, the Stewarton-born industrialist who was apprenticed to a weaver in Paisley. Paton's took over the mill in 1896 when their first factory in Clark Street was destroyed by fire.


This industrial complex was acquired by Patons in 1896 and they operated a successful business for nearly ninety years, manufacturing many millions of pairs of boot and shoe laces, dominating the British market, supplying the then huge shoe manufacturing industry in England.
At its height Patons produced about 25 million pairs of boot and shoe laces each year, plus tapes, braids and cord.


In 1990 the Irish company Punch Industries bought the site and, despite substantial investment in equipment and the expansion of the workforce, finally closed their operation in 2003, moving production elsewhere.



From the front an impressive building
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From the back, tranquil and scenic
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This was through the wall to the right of the weir in the above picture - place was full of a strange white powder
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To my uneducated eye these looked like large ovens
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A colourful stairwell - no guessing what team these fellas supported
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Shamefully parts have already been torched.....
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so these fellas couldnt have been doing much of a job!!!
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Pink walls !!!
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Courtyard
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A sad end
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BB
15-04-2009, 01:16 AM
Niiiiiiiice!!! :thumb

Really cool place there :)

Blober
15-04-2009, 01:16 AM
You've been busy mr skin!! Excellent set.

BA
15-04-2009, 06:14 AM
Great place skin :thumb
Love all the shots :D

KingElvis
15-04-2009, 06:48 AM
Like this one mate, very nice.

boxfrenzy
15-04-2009, 07:57 AM
That's great mate, like the second one and the ovens shot. Looks a cool place.

converse1
15-04-2009, 08:52 AM
Very nice fella, like the history too.

wolfism
15-04-2009, 09:17 AM
Interesting - I didn't know about the Corse and Burns part of the history. Looks like you got a good day for it - both times I visited, it was either raining, about to rain, or had just stopped raining. That's the west coast for ya! ;)

Muse
15-04-2009, 10:20 AM
Another cracker Skin, I love it when they let you off that rig, never know what you'll surprise us with :thumb

**MudLark**
15-04-2009, 09:27 PM
Very, very pretty!!!!

its a shame about the burned out bits, but the rest of the mill looks gorgeous..... nice one skin!

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