A jute mill is a factory for processing
jute
Jute ( ) is a long, rough, shiny bast fibre that can be Spinning (textiles), spun into coarse, strong threads. It is produced from flowering plants in the genus ''Corchorus'', of the mallow family Malvaceae. The primary source of the fiber is ...
. There is evidence of jute fibre extraction dating back to the
Han dynasty
The Han dynasty was an Dynasties of China, imperial dynasty of China (202 BC9 AD, 25–220 AD) established by Liu Bang and ruled by the House of Liu. The dynasty was preceded by the short-lived Qin dynasty (221–206 BC ...
, with a fragment of jute paper being discovered in Dunhuang, in the Gansu Province. The first known mechanical jute mills are believed to have been converted
flax mills, the oldest possibly being establish in
Dundee
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, after a contract was agreed with the
East India Company
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, for the supply of jute as a substitute for then scarce flax, in 1820. By the mid-1800s jute mills were being established in British India,
George Acland's Mill of 1855, at
Rishra, being the oldest. The world's largest jute mill was the
Adamjee Jute Mills at
Narayanganj
Narayanganj () is a city in central Bangladesh in the Greater Dhaka area. It is in the Narayanganj District, about southeast of the capital city of Dhaka. With a population of almost 1 million, it is the 6th largest city in Bangladesh. It is als ...
in
Bangladesh
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, which closed all operations in 2002.
In popular culture
Jack London
John Griffith London (; January 12, 1876 – November 22, 1916), better known as Jack London, was an American novelist, journalist and activist. A pioneer of commercial fiction and American magazines, he was one of the first American authors t ...
worked in a jute mill before becoming a successful writer.
In the 1931
Howard Hawks
Howard Winchester Hawks (May 30, 1896December 26, 1977) was an American film director, Film producer, producer, and screenwriter of the Classical Hollywood cinema, classic Hollywood era. Critic Leonard Maltin called him "the greatest American ...
film ''
The Criminal Code
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'', the main character Robert Graham spends six years working in a jute mill in prison.
In the 1939
Charles Vidor
Charles Vidor (born Károly Vidor; July 27, 1899June 4, 1959) was a Hungary, Hungarian film director. Among his film successes are ''The Bridge'' (1929), ''Double_Door_(film), Double Door ''(1934), ''The Tuttles of Tahiti'' (1942), ''The Desper ...
film ''
Those High Grey Walls'', a prisoner is assigned to work in the prison jute mill.
In the 1984 film ''
Paar'', the lead character and his wife work in a jute mill.
[https://www.arthousecinema.in/2022/04/paar-1984/]
See also
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Textile manufacturing
Textile manufacturing or textile engineering is a major industry. It is largely based on the conversion of fibre into yarn, then yarn into fabric. These are then dyed or printed, fabricated into cloth which is then converted into useful good ...
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