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Greenhead Works, No 45 Greenhead Street, Glasgow This works was founded in 1859 by R & J Dick, gutta-percha manufacturers. The oldest part of the complex was Bartholomew's cotton-spinning mill, built c.1840, and purchased by the Dick brothers in 1859. This shows the frontage to Greenhead Street. The four-storeyed block was probably built in 1872-3, and the block to the right in 1886. These blocks were built to resemble tenements as they face Glasgow Green, an important public park. Gutta-percha is a close relation of India rubber, but is plastic rather than elastic. The Dick brothers used it to make the soles of canvas shoes, golf balls and other moulded products. When they retired they gave the business to their senior employees. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN. '
