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==Description==
 
==Description==
"William Ritchie & Son, jutespinners, built a factory in Carpenters Road, Stratford, in 1864. By 1876 this was employing about 1,000, mainly women. It closed in 1904. The firm later turned to making jute sacks and bags, and cotton goods for industrial purposes, first in Carpenters Road and then at Caxton Street North, Canning Town. The Canning Town factory was bombed during the Second World War but was rebuilt after the war."  http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/essex/vol6/pp76-89#fnn214
 
 
https://books.google.ca/books?id=xIsBAAAAQAAJ&lpg=PA2&ots=YQBMb6L3gW&dq=East%20London%20Industries%20%3A%20the%20jute%20factory&pg=PA1#v=onepage&q&f=false
 
 
https://books.google.ca/books?id=pQFHAQAAMAAJ&lpg=RA1-PA43&ots=KaSQoyBIJi&dq=stratford%20jute%20works&pg=RA1-PA42#v=onepage&q&f=false
 
 
https://books.google.ca/books?id=UihKAQAAMAAJ&lpg=PA3615&ots=MhsoEHry23&dq=London%20Spinning%20Mills%20stratford&pg=PA3615#v=onepage&q&f=false
 

Revision as of 14:18, 12 May 2016


"William Ritchie & Son, jutespinners, built a factory in Carpenters Road, Stratford, in 1864. By 1876 this was employing about 1,000, mainly women. It closed in 1904. The firm later turned to making jute sacks and bags, and cotton goods for industrial purposes, first in Carpenters Road and then at Caxton Street North, Canning Town. The Canning Town factory was bombed during the Second World War but was rebuilt after the war." http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/essex/vol6/pp76-89#fnn214

https://books.google.ca/books?id=xIsBAAAAQAAJ&lpg=PA2&ots=YQBMb6L3gW&dq=East%20London%20Industries%20%3A%20the%20jute%20factory&pg=PA1#v=onepage&q&f=false

https://books.google.ca/books?id=pQFHAQAAMAAJ&lpg=RA1-PA43&ots=KaSQoyBIJi&dq=stratford%20jute%20works&pg=RA1-PA42#v=onepage&q&f=false

https://books.google.ca/books?id=UihKAQAAMAAJ&lpg=PA3615&ots=MhsoEHry23&dq=London%20Spinning%20Mills%20stratford&pg=PA3615#v=onepage&q&f=false


Operation

1864 to 1904


Location

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Located in

London



Used Raw Materials

Jute, Cotton


Ownership

From To Owner
1864 1904 William Ritchie & Son


Industry

From To Industry
1864 1904 Rope and Fiber Industries


Description