Jute mill

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Template:Short description 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

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  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/

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