Tongland Abbey, Neilson Mausoleum General View
SC 553483
Description Tongland Abbey, Neilson Mausoleum General View
Date 7/8/1978
Collection Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
Catalogue Number SC 553483
Category On-line Digital Images
Scope and Content Neilson Mausoleum, Tongland Churchyard, Stewartry of Kirkcudbright, Kirkcudbrightshire This small granite mausoleum is the resting-place of two of Scotland's greatest 19th century industrial figures: James Beaumont Neilson, inventor of the hot-blast process for iron smelting, and Walter Montgomerie Neilson, his son. This view shows the exterior of the mausoleum, which is constructed of white granite, probably from Creetown. The stone-slab roof sits on top of a brick vault. Walter Montgomerie Neilson was the prime mover in Neilson and Co, locomotive builders, Glasgow, which in 1903 became part of the North British Locomotive Co Ltd, the largest firm of private locomotive builders in Europe. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
External Reference H78/248/15
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