Gabriel 150 years - Flipbook - Page 14
There were also serious protests from the mu-
Kjærs Mølle was founded in the low-lying area
nicipal officer of health, who feared for the
near the Østerå River, approximately ± kilometre
health of the population if the water in the
south of the town of Aalborg. Map from ±π∑∫.
river became polluted by the chemicals used
by Kjærs Mølle. Aalborg had, in fact, no water-
independence of foreign powers. The effort to
works, and drinking water for large areas of the
start Kjærs Mølle was, in fact, the third attempt
town was taken from the river at Kjærs Mølle.
to establish a clothing industry in Aalborg. The
Even then, the environment was taken serious-
two first attempts, in the ±∏≥∞s and from ±π±≥ to
ly, at least when drinking water was endan-
±π±π, had both failed in spite of state support.
gered.
Kjærs Mølle was solely privately financed, and,
All the arguments were rejected by the
as we shall see, it survived.
Home Ministry. Liberal currents in favour of
breaking the power of the guilds were begin-
Manufacture and lack
of capital
ning to surface, and the protests of the dyers
were not accepted. On ≤≥ October ±π∂±, permission was granted to build not only the fac-
Already on ± May ±π∂±, even before the applica-
tory, but also the dye-works and the printing-
tion for permission to manufacture was grant-
works, stipulating only “that the water in the
ed, Dinesen, Rodskjer and Jespersen began to
river that flows past the factory is not used in
convert the existing mill into a factory for the
such a way that any danger can arise as regards
complete processing of wool, from receipt of
its use for domestic purposes”.
the raw wool to the manufacture of the finish-
It was probably also of some significance
ed cloth. Part of the necessary power supply
that a national clothing industry was consid-
was already in place with the grain mill’s mill-
ered to be important in ensuring a country’s
wheel, but an additional wheel was necessary.
1850-1855
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