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

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

• Textile manufacturing