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Shipment marked beginning of end for Dundee jute empire in 1998

The black-and-red-hulled Banglar Urmi docked at Dundee in October 1998, which signalled the death of the city's jute empire. ....

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Camperdown Works closure in 1981 marked the end of an era for Dundee jute empire

Camperdown Works closure in 1981 marked the end of an era for Dundee jute empire
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Camperdown Works where the jute mill closed for the final time in 1981.
The closure of Camperdown Works 40 years was the death knell for Dundee’s ‘Juteopolis’ empire.
For 130 years the Camperdown complex, at one time sprawling over more than 25 acres, was the industrial giant of the suburb.
Countless thousands of Lochee folk spun there, sons and daughters following parents, generation after generation.
When the jute trade was busy, Lochee prospered.
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In its heyday the city was the world centre for the manufacture of the fabric, with around 50,000 people dependant on the industry for their livelihoods. ....

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