Editing Arbroath (section)

=== Manufacturing ===
Driven by the needs of the fishing and sailing industry, Arbroath-based [[sailmaker]] Francis Webster Ltd perfected in 1795 the art of adding [[linseed oil]] to [[flax]] sails, creating an oiled flax.<ref>{{Cite book |title=The sailmaker's apprentice: a guide for the self-reliant sailor |url=https://archive.org/details/sailmakersappren00mari |url-access=registration |author=Emiliano Marino|year=1994 |isbn=9780071579803 }}</ref> This developed in the late 19th century into [[waxed cotton]], which drove Arbroath as a manufacturing centre until the early 1970s, when it began to decline. A major employer, Keith & Blackman, closed in 1985 and Giddings and Lewis-Fraser wound down about the same time, with the whole plant later demolished to make way for a supermarket.<ref name='cour1'>{{Cite web |url=http://www.thecourier.co.uk/output/2004/05/11/newsstory5904078t0.asp |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040520201354/http://www.thecourier.co.uk/output/2004/05/11/newsstory5904078t0.asp |url-status=dead |archive-date=20 May 2004 |title=Disappointment for Arbroath Shoppers |access-date=13 January 2007 |last=Jarrett |first=Andrew |date=11 May 2004 |work=Dundee Courier & Advertiser |publisher=DC Thomson}}</ref><ref name='Timeline'>{{Cite web |url=http://www.arbroathtimeline.moonfruit.com/ |title=Arbroath Timeline |access-date=13 January 2007 |archive-date=22 December 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141222061201/http://www.arbroathtimeline.moonfruit.com/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[Alps Electric Co.]] was a large employer in Arbroath from 1990 to 2001, employing 180. All were made redundant when the plant closed.