Girangaon Mills
Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra.
Founded in: 1854-1925
Status: Redeveloped, Under redevelopment or Abandoned
Industry: MANUFACTURING (Textile)
Founded in: 1854-1925
Status: Redeveloped, Under redevelopment or Abandoned
Industry: MANUFACTURING (Textile)
These mills were owned by former traders like the Tatas, Petits, Wadias, Currimbhoys, Thakerseys, Sassoons, Khataus, Goculdas, Cottons, and Greaves.
The first Indian cotton mill, “The Bombay Spinning Mill”, was opened in Girangoan in 1854 by Cowasji Nanabhai Davar. The mills of Girangaon contributed significantly to the prosperity and growth of Mumbai during the later nineteenth century and for the transformation of Mumbai into a major industrial metropolis. Everything that Mumbai is today, is because of the trade and the push of industrialisation. The massive structures flourished and boomed, drawing in breadwinners from the hinterlands of India to work, which earned the city its reputation for being the land of opportunities. And yet, the mills remain forgotten, full of incomplete dreams and unfulfilled wishes. The walls of these once-gargantuan structures remain in despair today in the company of junkies, and perhaps occasionally witness couples whose stories will fade away with time. The mills stood in Bombay, and as the city became Mumbai, they were left forgotten in a very large infrastructural generation gap.
The first Indian cotton mill, “The Bombay Spinning Mill”, was opened in Girangoan in 1854 by Cowasji Nanabhai Davar. The mills of Girangaon contributed significantly to the prosperity and growth of Mumbai during the later nineteenth century and for the transformation of Mumbai into a major industrial metropolis. Everything that Mumbai is today, is because of the trade and the push of industrialisation. The massive structures flourished and boomed, drawing in breadwinners from the hinterlands of India to work, which earned the city its reputation for being the land of opportunities. And yet, the mills remain forgotten, full of incomplete dreams and unfulfilled wishes. The walls of these once-gargantuan structures remain in despair today in the company of junkies, and perhaps occasionally witness couples whose stories will fade away with time. The mills stood in Bombay, and as the city became Mumbai, they were left forgotten in a very large infrastructural generation gap.
Sources:
1.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girangaon
2.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redevelopment_of_Mumbai_mills
3.http://www.sankalpindia.net/girangaon/girangaon-village-mills
4.https://www.indiatimes.com/news/india/here-s-how-mumbai-has-abandoned-its-landmark-mills-that-were-once-full-of-life-and-productivity-325410.html
5.http://www.livemint.com/Industry/PyqCrPOCAfRYBw22YquB2N/Untangling-the-knot-between-Mumbai-and-its-mills.html 6.http://www.deccanherald.com/content/651526/girangaon-mills-malls-story-tragedies.html
7.http://www.asianage.com/life/more-features/231117/girangaon-the-lost-charm-of-mumbai.html
1.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girangaon
2.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redevelopment_of_Mumbai_mills
3.http://www.sankalpindia.net/girangaon/girangaon-village-mills
4.https://www.indiatimes.com/news/india/here-s-how-mumbai-has-abandoned-its-landmark-mills-that-were-once-full-of-life-and-productivity-325410.html
5.http://www.livemint.com/Industry/PyqCrPOCAfRYBw22YquB2N/Untangling-the-knot-between-Mumbai-and-its-mills.html 6.http://www.deccanherald.com/content/651526/girangaon-mills-malls-story-tragedies.html
7.http://www.asianage.com/life/more-features/231117/girangaon-the-lost-charm-of-mumbai.html