Jute mill
A jute mill is a factory for processing jute. There is evidence of jute fibre extraction dating back to the Han dynasty, with a fragment of jute paper being discovered in Dunhuang, in the Gansu Province.[1] The first known mechanical jute mills are believed to have been converted flax mills, the oldest possibly being establish in Dundee, after a contract was agreed with the East India Company, for the supply of jute as a substitute for then scarce flax, in 1820.[2][3][4] By the mid-1800s jute mills were being established in British India, George Acland's Mill of 1855, at Rishra, being the oldest.[5] The world's largest jute mill was the Adamjee Jute Mills at Narayanganj in Bangladesh, which closed all operations in 2002.[6]
In popular culture
[edit]Jack London worked in a jute mill before becoming a successful writer.[7]
In the 1931 Howard Hawks film The Criminal Code, the main character Robert Graham spends six years working in a jute mill in prison.[8][9]
In the 1939 Charles Vidor film Those High Grey Walls, a prisoner is assigned to work in the prison jute mill.[10][11]
In the 1984 film Paar, the lead character and his wife work in a jute mill.[12]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ Ramesh, Manickam (2018). "Hemp, jute, banana, kenaf, ramie, sisal fibers". Handbook of Properties of Textile and Technical Fibres. pp. 301–325. doi:10.1016/B978-0-08-101272-7.00009-2. ISBN 978-0-08-101272-7.
The history of jute dates back to 206 BC–AD 221; jute paper was discovered in Dunhuang, in the Gansu Province of China, and is believed to have been produced during the reign of the Western Han Dynasty
- ↑ Sharpe, Gillian (7 July 2013). "Beyond 'Juteopolis': Dundee's changing economic landscape". BBC News.
- ↑ Turner, W. H. K. (1972). "Flax Cultivation in Scotland: An Historical Geography". Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers (55): 127–143. doi:10.2307/621726. JSTOR 621726.
- ↑ "Dundee and India". Verdant Works. Retrieved 2024-01-09.
- ↑ "COLONIAL PERIOD". INDIAN CULTURE. Retrieved 2024-01-09.
- ↑ "World's largest jute mill goes silent". The Hindu. 2002-07-02. Retrieved 2018-02-03.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ↑ Ridgwell, Joseph (5 October 2007). "Jack London's journey into the abyss". The Guardian.
- ↑ "Under the Cover of Darkness: Expressionistic Experimentation in Howard Hawks' the Criminal Code – Senses of Cinema". 17 March 2013.
- ↑ "Review: The Criminal Code". 19 March 2021.
- ↑ "The Film Daily (Oct-Dec 1939)". Wid's Films and Film Folk. December 1939.
- ↑ "Those High Grey Walls (1939)".
- ↑ "Paar (1984) | Art House Cinema". 16 April 2022.
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