Misplaced Pages

Jute mill

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.

A jute mill is a factory for processing jute. There is evidence of jute fibre extraction dating back to the Han dynasty, with a fragment of jute paper being discovered in Dunhuang, in the Gansu Province. The first known mechanical jute mills are believed to have been converted Flax mills, the oldest possibly being establish in Dundee, after a contract was agreed with the East India Company, for the supply of jute as a substitute for then scarce flax, in 1820. By the mid-1800s jute mills were being established in British India, George Acland's Mill of 1855, at Rishra, being the oldest. The world's largest jute mill was the Adamjee Jute Mills at Narayanganj in Bangladesh, which closed all operations in 2002.

Jack London worked in a jute mill before becoming a successful writer.

See also

References

  1. "Capsularis - an overview | ScienceDirect Topics". www.sciencedirect.com. Retrieved 2024-01-09.
  2. "Beyond 'Juteopolis': Dundee's changing economic landscape". BBC News. 2013-07-07. Retrieved 2024-01-09.
  3. Turner, W. H. K. (1972). "Flax Cultivation in Scotland: An Historical Geography". Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers (55): 127–143. doi:10.2307/621726. ISSN 0020-2754.
  4. "Dundee and India". Verdant Works. Retrieved 2024-01-09.
  5. "COLONIAL PERIOD". INDIAN CULTURE. Retrieved 2024-01-09.
  6. "World's largest jute mill goes silent". The Hindu. 2002-07-02. Archived from the original on 2015-01-28. Retrieved 2018-02-03.
  7. Ridgwell, Joseph (2007-10-05). "Jack London's journey into the abyss". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-01-09.


Stub icon

This article about a building or structure type is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

Categories: