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Hell Hole: Monifieth’s links to San Quentin State Prison’s hated jute mill Updated: April 19, 2021, 9:20 am Some of California’s most dangerous prisoners were trained by Tayside engineers to make sand bags at San Quentin. The jute mill was the prison’s most detested industry and was equipped with machinery from the Monifieth Foundry of James F Low and Co Ltd. Monifieth machinery powered the jute mill at San Quentin State Prison which was hated by the prisoners. Opened in 1882 as a means to offset the cost of running the prison, the 85 looms in the mill turned out 30,000 jute bags a da...

Monifieth memories: From boozy barmaids to golf-obsessed jute barons Monifieth in April 1961. Sign up for our newsletter and let our nostalgia team take you on a trip back in time Thank you for signing up to our Nostalgia newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up From booze-smuggling barmaids to golf-obsessed jute barons, a new book reveals the story behind every street name in Monifieth. The book, What’s in a Name? A Street History of Monifieth, is illustrated with drawings by the late Colin Gibson and vintage photographs. It tells the history behind the lan...