F. S. Sandeman and Sons
of Manhattan Jute Works, Dundee
Maker of patent cotton belting machinery
Frank Stewart Sandeman became a partner in Luncarty Bleachfield Co, Perthshire in 1860. In 1862 he founded the firm Laing and Sandeman with W Laing. It was dissolved in 1873 to form Sandeman, Keillor & Co. Keillor left a year later and that same year Manhattan Works opened in Dundee. In 1876 and 1887 respectively Stewart and Fred D Stewart Sandeman joined the firm to form F S Sandeman & Sons. Fred's two younger brothers joined the firm in 1900, and it became a limited company. In 1921 it amalgamated with Jute Industries Ltd. It went into voluntary liquidation in 1932.[1]