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Shepy
01-09-2008, 01:09 AM
The historic Paton’s Mill is an A-listed building. The six-storey mill, with its white facade, is currently empty, but there have been suggestions on it being converted into an industrial museum or 79 flats. 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 in High Street 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 and primarily used the site for the manufacture of laces till its closure in 2003.

There is active security at the site, and although there is a sign warning of guard dogs this is very old and weathered so I'm not so certain it is not just left over from when the site was in active use. We certainly were not bothered by any dogs while we were there.

The floors in a lot of the floors don’t feel very safe and look as if they are ready to give way at any minute, so be careful if you go along. Also there are a number of ratchet support beams in place to give added support so presumably there are issues with the stability of the building, so be very wary if visiting.

On with the pics, straight from the camera:

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~Shepy

Shepy
01-09-2008, 01:09 AM
And a few HDR for good measure:

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~Shepy