Industry in Scotland Flashcards
Facts about industry in Scotland
Jute Most people in Dundee relied on
Jute for employment.
Competition from India starting
Boosted because needed sandbags.
Produced 6M sandbags in 1 month
Less demand and went into
terminal decline.
Shipbuilding 14% adult males rely on industry
for employment
Boomed. 1914-1918 481 warships
built on Clyde. Also built airships
and aircraft
Orders dried up and went
into decline. 1920-1923 ships
built cut by 1/3
Farming/Ag
riculture
107,000 workers employed in
Scotland during peak
Horses and men taken for war.
Employees fall to 89,000. Sheep
farmers did well as wool needed for
uniforms, blankets etc
Declined as machines
replaced workers. Wool in
decline as not needed as
much
Fishing Very important and employed
32,500. Exported large amounts
of herring to Germany and
Russia
North Sea closed due to fighting in
the sea. Fishing boats taken by Royal
Navy. Herring trade stops.
Struggled to get back. Fuel
costs high. Boats returned
damaged. Trade with east
lost.
Coal mining Growing competition from
overseas and new fuels like gas
and oil
Government took control, higher
wages, industry boomed
Demand decreases, pre war
problems return and many
strik
