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Report - - ARROL JOHNSTON CAR FACTORY - DUMFRIES. JUNE 2018 | Industrial Sites | 28DaysLater.co.uk

Report - ARROL JOHNSTON CAR FACTORY - DUMFRIES. JUNE 2018

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Ferox

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Not a bad little mooch this one. Quite a lot of area to cover with most of it being stripped unfortunately but, there is still stuff to see and some nice decay in parts. It seems the building was used to make carpet underlay form 2002 until 2013. I guess its been abandoned since then. Thanks to @Krypton for putting this on the map for me with his great report. Interestingly it looks like somebody has put stuff back in the safe. You can see on @Krypton's report it was empty last year. Visited with Paul 2129.
History
The Arrol-Johnston Motor Co., which had been in operation since 1896, opened its Dumfries factory at Heathhall in July 1913. The manager, Thomas Charles Pullinger, had been inspired by the Albert Kahn designed factories of Henry Ford in America. Kahn provided the design for the Dumfries factory, and it bears more than a passing resemblance to Ford's Highland Park factory in Detroit. The Heathhall factory was said to be the most advanced light engineering factory of its day in Scotland.
The site was purchased by the North British Rubber Company in 1946. It then became Uniroyal Ltd in the 60's, and in 1987 changed yet again to the British subsidiary of the Gates Rubber Company. It has been known as Interfloor since 2002.

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Thanks For Looking

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