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Interior-general view of pan mill in North angle of yard
SC 358495
Description Interior-general view of pan mill in North angle of yard
Catalogue Number SC 358495
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of ED 8021
Scope and Content Pan-mill inside Thistle Pottery (also known as Portobello or Waverley Pottery), Portobello, City of Edinburgh Thistle Pottery was founded around 1770 and owned by the Buchan family from 1867. In 1879 it was rebuilt and extended onto the site of an earlier pottery's harbour. In 1972, just before closure, it was making stoneware from Devon and Cornwall clay. This steam-powered pan-mill was used for crushing faulty products so that the clay could be reused. Though its date is unclear, it is probably the pottery's earliest surviving machine. Although Scottish potteries made some use of local clay, their sites were usually chosen for their nearness to a good supply of coal. It took about 15 tons of coal to fire one ton of pottery. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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