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Did you know that our new home, Castle Mills, was the headquarters for the North British Rubber Company, once the city’s largest industrial operation and the major rubber goods producer within the British Empire?
To celebrate our move to Castle Mills, we thought it would be only right to tell you more about our new home. So stay tuned for a bit more of our history every day until the launch!
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Part 1/6
In 1836, the Castle Silk Mills were constructed in Fountainbridge, housing a factory producing top quality Kashmir shawls, in the tradition of the Edinburgh shawl.
The architect of the 16 bay, two storey building and basement, constructed of red brick with yellow brick banding, is unknown.
Stay tuned for more!
To read the full story, visit https://www.edinburghprintmakers.co.uk/
