Glasgow, 206 Old Dumbarton Road, Bishop Mills General view from NW

Description Glasgow, 206 Old Dumbarton Road, Bishop Mills General view from NW

Date 3/1/1966

Collection Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland

Catalogue Number SC 585920

Category On-line Digital Images

Scope and Content Bishop Mills, Old Dumbarton Road, Partick, Glasgow (City of Glasgow council area) This mill is as its name suggests, on a sit first used in medieval times, where a rock outcrop forms a natural weir on the river Kelvin. The mill remained water powered until the 1950s, latterly with a water turbine. This view shows the mill from the south west. The main range is below the hospital chimney, with the former waterwheel house on the gable, and a brick granary to the left. To the right is the former Artizan Machine Tool Works. The mill was still in use in 1965, making provender, using electric power. It subsequently closed, and all the buildings apart from the oldest stone block, demolished. In the 1980s the latter was converted into flats. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

External Reference H66/1/2C

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/collection/585920

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