Old Photograph William Gorrie Dundee Scotland

Old photograph of William Gorrie a Doctor in Lochee, Dundee, Scotland.

In 1700 the Cox family set up as linen merchants in Lochee. By 1760 the firm had 300 weavers and after using steam power and moving into the jute industry the family built Camperdown Works in 1864, said to be the largest factory in the world, with over 5,000 employees. Many immigrants were attracted to the area by the prospect of employment in the city's jute mills. By 1855, there were 14,000 Irish immigrants in Dundee, most of whom stayed in Lochee, or Little Tipperary as it would come to be known.



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