Tour Scotland photograph of Stanley Mills, Perthshire, Scotland. The mill mostly produced cotton but also cigarette ribbon. The Dempster Company was established in 1787 by seven men including Richard Arkwright, the inventor in Derbyshire of cotton-spinning machinery, George Dempster and William Sandeman to build the mill on land feuded from the Duke of Atholl to provide employment to Highlanders affected by the clearances. Stanley Mills received the Sandford Award for Excellence from The Earl of Wessex. A former cotton mill, which played a key role in Scotland’s Industrial Revolution, has been recognised for educational excellence in its first year of opening as a visitor attraction.
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