Islay, Redhouses Woollen Mill View from SSE showing ESE front of S wing and SSW and ESE fronts of main block
SC 488992
Description Islay, Redhouses Woollen Mill View from SSE showing ESE front of S wing and SSW and ESE fronts of main block
Date 11/5/1976
Collection Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
Catalogue Number SC 488992
Category On-line Digital Images
Scope and Content Bridgend Woollen Mill, Islay, Argyll This mill was built to make tweeds and other woollen cloths, replacing an early 19th century carding mill. It was driven by an internal undershot waterwheel 3.66m in diameter. The mill still contains early carding and spinning machinery. This view shows the mill from the entrance front. The two-storey and two attic building houses the carding, spinning and weaving equipment, with the dyeing and finishing in the single-storey wing. This mill belonged to the Christie family, who operated it until the early 1970s. It has since been reopened, but only as a weaving factory. The old carding and spinning machinery is still, however, in place. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
External Reference H76/81/4
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