Eskmill

Originally a cotton mill, in 1820 James Brown converted Esk Mill to papermaking, installing two papermaking machines in 1832. Esk Mill closed in 1968.

For the full story of Eskmill see Penicuik Papermaking

Drawings made by James Brown & Co allow us to identify the principal parts of the building: 1Soda liquor tank; 2 Causticising; 3 Evaporators & roasters; 4 Esparto grass; 5 Tun house; 6 Clay house; 7 Bleaching; 8 Offices; 9 Coating house; 10 Enamalling salle & cutting house; 11 Calendars;124th & 5th machines; 13 Plain salles; 14 Guillotine; 15 6th & 3rd machines; 16 Beater house; 17Bleaching towers; 18 Grass washing; 19 Potcher house; 20Turbine house; 21 Boiler house; 22Coaling bing; 23 Mill lade; 24 Railway siding; 25 Storage pond; 26 Wood pulp storage shed; 27Engineers shop; 28Entrance road.