The Cora Linn viewpoint at New Lanark is the closest that people can get nowadays to the actual cave. Wallace’s Cave at Cora Linn is one of several in Scotland. The Cartland Bridge crosses the Water of Mouse so possibly your text should read 'at this the Water of Mouse met the river Clyde'.” Cartland Craigs is adjacent to Cleghorn Glen and is the smaller of the two NO reference has been found of the Rock mentioned by Lucy, but John Crae ( See below**) has made the point that although Lucy writes: Cartland Craig a singularly fine rock said to be rent asunder by an earthquake at the bottom runs the River Clyde “ The Clyde does not flow below Cartland Crags. The reserve is maintained by Scottish Natural Heritage. It is a national nature reserve and is one of six areas which together form the Clyde Valley Woodlands (the other five being Cleghorn Glen, Falls of Clyde, Chatelherault, Nethan Gorge and Mauldslie Woods). See yesterday’s Diary for a print demonstrating the industrial complexes of the day at New Lanark and their proximity to the River.īelow is an example of the Truck system of payment by order of Robert Owen and Benj Woolfield, National Equitable Labour Exchange, July 22nd 1833.Ĭartland Craigs is a woodland on the outskirts of Lanark. These principles became the basis for the cooperative shops in Britain, which continue in an altered form to trade today. He passed on the savings from the bulk purchase of goods to his workers, and placed the sale of alcohol under strict supervision.
In contrast to other employers, Owen created a store for his employees that offered goods at prices slightly above their wholesale cost. The tokens had no monetary value outside the mill owner's "truck shop," where the owners could supply shoddy goods and charge top prices.
Many employers operated the “truck system” that paid workers in total or in part with tokens. Encouraged by his success in the management of cotton mills in Manchester, Owen hoped to conduct the New Lanark mill on higher principles than purely commercial ones.
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