Redhouses Woolen Mill, Islay. View of waterwheel (left background), milling and washing machine (centre) and saw bench (foreground).

Description Redhouses Woolen Mill, Islay. View of waterwheel (left background), milling and washing machine (centre) and saw bench (foreground).

Catalogue Number SC 427414

Category On-line Digital Images

Copy of AG 6418

Scope and Content View of waterwheel and tweed-washing machine at Redhouses Woollen Mill, Bridgend, Islay, Argyll and Bute Redhouses lies 2km north-east of Bridgend, Islay, on the east bank of the River Sorn. There are the remains of a late 18th-/early 19th-century carding-mill, along with a woollen mill built in 1883. The woollen mill consists of an L-shaped, three-storeyed main block, with a single-storeyed wing to the south. The machinery is driven by water power, and some pieces were removed from the earlier mill to carry on the traditional processing methods. This shows the waterwheel (left) and Tweed-washing machine which are housed within the single-storeyed extension. Like the other machines in the mill, the tweed-washing machine is belt-driven and linked by a system of overhead pulleys to the waterwheel. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

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