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]
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]
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