A Most Serviceable Drudge: the papermills of the Water of Leith.

Bromage, Sarah; McCleery, Alistair; Finkelstein, David

Abstract

This article outlines the twentieth century history of papermaking on the Water of Leith using interviews conducted with a variety of former mill employees as part of the SAPPHIRE initiative. Until the mid-twentieth century, the Water of Leith was an important industrial centre for Edinburgh, particularly in papermaking.

Citation

Bromage, S., McCleery, A., & Finkelstein, D. (2007). A Most Serviceable Drudge: the papermills of the Water of Leith. the Quarterly, 63, 9-16

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Sep 9, 1999
• Publication Date: 2007-07
• Deposit Date: Jun 2, 2016
• Print ISSN: 1746-6016
• Publisher: Psychology Postgraduate Affairs Group
• Peer Reviewed: Not Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 63
• Pages: 9-16
• Keywords: paper mills; Water of Leith; Edinburgh
• Public URL: http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/10051
• Publisher URL: http://baph.org.uk/archive/q063.html