Jute mill

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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]

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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]

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  1. 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
  2. Sharpe, Gillian (7 July 2013). "Beyond 'Juteopolis': Dundee's changing economic landscape". BBC News.
  3. 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.
  4. "Dundee and India". Verdant Works. Retrieved 2024-01-09.
  5. "COLONIAL PERIOD". INDIAN CULTURE. Retrieved 2024-01-09.
  6. "World's largest jute mill goes silent". The Hindu . 2002-07-02. Archived from the original on 2015-01-28. Retrieved 2018-02-03.
  7. Ridgwell, Joseph (5 October 2007). "Jack London's journey into the abyss". The Guardian.
  8. https://www.sensesofcinema.com/2009/cteq/criminal-code/
  9. https://60minuteswith.co.uk/reviews/review-the-criminal-code/
  10. https://archive.org/stream/filmdail76wids/filmdail76wids_djvu.txt
  11. https://www.virtual-history.com/movie/film/14545/those-high-grey-walls
  12. https://www.arthousecinema.in/2022/04/paar-1984/