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Chapter 14: Fires and Chimneys. [pp.297-331]

A lazy watchman - Buildings fire-proof - Effect of alum solution - Experiments - Theory put into practice - Paper on factory chimneys - The three at the Dens - Effect of a gale - Importance of draught - Houses for workpeople - Spontaneous combustion - Danger of greasy waste and dust - Experiments on oils - Fires in 1865 - Simultaneous fires in 1866 - Charles Mackie's training of nephew James - Tour in manufacturing districts - Trouble from masons - The limited principle - Domestic troubles.

Report for a proposed plan of development for Dundee: proposals for post-war development by James Thomson, city engineer, and city architect to the Housing and Town Planning Committee of Dundee Town Council. Municipal Offices, Dundee,

Bound photocopies: Proposes improved roads, including outer ring road and Tay road bridge, reclamation of land, parks, and new housing developments to end congestion. Includes maps.

James Thomson

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