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Edinburgh at Work Chancelot Mill Flour Mill at Western Harbour, Leith 1993 |
© Copyright: Peter Stubbs Photograph taken December 8, 1993
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Chancelot Mill |
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History Chancelot Mill was once a prominent landmark at Bonnington with a tower and large clock faces. Around 1970, the mill moved to Western Harbour, Leith, now part of the Edinburgh Waterfront development area. |
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1993 On my visit to the mill, in 1993, I walked through several floors of the mill without seeing any workers. I believe that the whole operation was controlled by computer - and on some occasions it was controlled remotely by computer from the workers' homes! On this floor, flour, at various stages of being sifted, was passing up the white pipes and down the yellow pipes. There were small inspection hatches in the pipes to allow samples to be taken without interrupting the process. |