The Strazdumuiža cotton manufactory was founded in 1824, and since 1827 it was located at Lake Juglas. At first, it produced semi-woolen fabrics (half with cotton). Other sources report that the Strazdumuiža paper mill was opened in 1827 (later it became the Bruns and Company cardboard mill). It was only in the middle of the century that the Pychlau cotton manufactory was built. Serfs hired in the Russian outback made semi-woolen and cotton fabrics and sent them to the nearest regions of the empire. Three barracks were built across the road for them, and all of them are now considered architectural monuments.
Two decades later, in 1847, the manufacturer expanded production, which soon became the largest and most famous in its industry. The success was achieved due to mechanized cotton spinning. In 1853, 964 workers were employed here, the cost of production was 270.5 thousand rubles. The manufactory used spinning equipment purchased in Great Britain, powered by steam engines. It was the textile industry of Riga that dominated in terms of equipment with machines, where in 1854 1968 workers were employed at 11 enterprises (2441 at the remaining 44 enterprises). The largest enterprise in the textile industry was the Pihlau cotton mill in Strazdumuiža.
After the death of Theodor Pichlau and later of his wife Anna Gertrude in 1872, the estate was taken over by the youngest son Theodor Eduard Pichlau (1830-1901).
We found some archival documents about the factory in Strazdumuiža:
On December 22, 1878, the charter of the Association of the Riga Paper Mill in Strazdenhof was approved. The partnership was established to set up and maintain near the city of Riga in the Strazdenhof estate belonging to the Riga merchant of the 1st guild N. Pihlau, as well as a paper mill. The Board of the Partnership was located in Riga. In connection with the development of production and changes in the composition of the Board, on May 4, 1890, a new charter of the Association of Riga Paper Manufactories in Strazdenhof was approved. It was established on the basis of the paper-spinning, weaving, bleaching and dyeing factories located in Strazdenhof, near Riga, which belonged to the Riga merchant of the 2nd guild, hereditary honorary citizen F.F. Pihlau. The enterprises of the Partnership produced sewing threads, knitting yarn and stocking paper. In the summer of 1915, in connection with the offensive of the German-Austrian troops, part of the equipment and property of the manufactures, together with the personnel of the enterprises, was evacuated to Petrograd and placed at the factories of the Association of the Nevsky Thread Manufacturing. In 1916, in connection with the advance of the enemy, by order of the Minister of Trade and Industry, the Board of the Association of Riga Paper Manufactories in Strazdenhof was also transferred to Petrograd. The partnership was liquidated, and the enterprises were nationalized on the basis of the SNK decree of June 28, 1918.
Central State Historical Archives of St. Petersburg. Fund 188
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In 1890, Theodor Eduard Pichlau sold the textile factory, which is popularly called the Strazdumuiža Manufactory, to an English joint-stock company, leaving for himself the park, Dorothea's grove and the estate. The manor house was rebuilt. A veranda with an extremely luxurious foyer was added to the part of the building that faced Lake Jugla.
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