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Description: | Financial records, tender books - Linen manufacturer Walter Lumsden founded his weaving company at Freuchie, Fife in 1800. After his death in 1847, his son Thomas succeeded him in running the family business and built the power-loom Eden Valley Works in Freuchie in the 1850s. At his death in 1878, 350 weavers were employed. He was succeeded by his son Major John Lumsden who died in 1925.
In 1912 the company took over the Denfield Linen Works, Smeaton Road, Kircaldy which had previously been owned by Messrs. John Main and Sons. The Eden Valley Works were partially destroyed by fire in 1924, but continued production there until 1958. The Denfield Works finally closed in 1971 due to the shortage of skilled workers. | Source: | Heriot-Watt University | Address: | Mary Burton Centre, Level 1 Cameron Smail Librar, Heriot-Watt University,,
EH14 4AS | Identifier: | WL |
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