Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 162,259 pages of information and 244,500 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Cox Brothers

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of Meadow Place Buildings, Dundee

of Camperdown Jute Works, Dundee

1841 Company established - see Cox Brothers and Co

1893 Incorporated as a limited company - Cox Brothers Ltd.

1914 Spinners and manufacturers of jute, flax and hemp. Employees 4,000 to 5,000. [1]

1920 Acquired by Jute Industries. Cox Brothers were the largest jute manufacturing concern in Dundee, employing betweem 5,000 and 6,000 workers[2]


See Also

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Sources of Information

  1. 1914 Whitakers Red Book
  2. The Times, Oct 19, 1920