Foundry, Rose Street. View of central machine hall.
SC 355386
Description Foundry, Rose Street. View of central machine hall.
Catalogue Number SC 355386
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of A 57609
Scope and Content View of central machine hall in foundry at Rose Street, Inverness, Highland The capital of the Highlands, Inverness was created a royal burgh c.1130-53 by David I. The town has been a centre for many industries including malting, linen and wool manufacture, shipbuilding, brewing and distilling, and iron-founding. Built in 1893-5 to designs by the Inverness architects Ross & MacBeth, this is the central machine hall of the Rose Street Foundry. This main hall is c.9m wide, and has an upper gallery (also c.9m wide) supported by circular cast iron columns. The Rose Street Engineering Foundry Company supplied rail- and locomotive-castings to the Highland Railway Company, and, during the two World Wars, produced marine engines and boom-defence equipment. It also developed specialised welding techniques. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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