General view from NW of buildings associated with the dispatch of whisky from the distillery by rail.

Description General view from NW of buildings associated with the dispatch of whisky from the distillery by rail.

Date 24/2/1994

Catalogue Number C 62082

Category Photographs and Off-line Digital Images

Copies SC 732244

Scope and Content Trackside buildings from north-west, Ardmore Distillery, Kennethmont, Aberdeenshire Ardmore Distillery was founded in 1898 by William Teacher's son, Adam, to produce whisky for blending. The whisky produced here continues to be used in Teacher's Highland Cream, and is also released in some single malt bottlings. The distillery was modernised in the 1950s and 1970s, but still retains its traditional coal-fired stills. This shows the rubble-built structures in the distillery's own siding which were used for the transportation of mature whisky to Teacher's Whisky's headquarters in Glasgow. The raised platform would have been used to load casks easily into wagons. The railway link was also used to deliver sacks of barley for malting and coal to heat the stills. The name whisky is derived from the Gaelic 'Uisge beatha', meaning 'water of life'. This sounded like 'uishgi' (whisky) to non-Gaelic speakers, and eventually the name became recognised the world over. Although whisky is made in various countries, it is only 'Scotch' if it has been made, matured and bottled in Scotland. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

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