The firm was quick to adopt the most recent improvements and moved over from the linen trade to jute.

[3][4][5] The first building to be erected on the site by the Cox Brothers was the power loom factory which was the largest ever built in the city of Dundee.

[9][10] The stack was linked to the Works' 57 boilers and could be seen when approaching Dundee from the south by crossing the River Tay.

Its success helped transform the former village of Lochee into prosperous community in the nineteenth century and promoted the development of other trades such as furniture manufacture.

Following the purchase, the High Mill was redeveloped into flats and many of the buildings in the works were demolished to make way for a leisure park with the Cox's Stack being retained.

The Leisure park originally consisted of an Odeon cinema, a William Low (later rebranded as Tesco) superstore, The Venue, a local nightclub, the Megabowl, a bowling alley and Gala Bingo.

By the late 2000s, many of the original tenants either left or were forced to shut down, leaving Gala Bingo as the sole business on site.