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Huntingtowerfield, Bleach and Dye Works View from WSW showing S part of WSW front of works with chimney in background
SC 502520
Description Huntingtowerfield, Bleach and Dye Works View from WSW showing S part of WSW front of works with chimney in background
Date 14/8/1976
Collection Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
Catalogue Number SC 502520
Category On-line Digital Images
Scope and Content Part of Huntingtower Bleachworks The clean soft water of the river Almond was used by a number of large linen-bleaching fields from the 18th century. Huntingtower was one of these, originally a croft bleaching works, where cloth was spread on fields to be bleached by the sun. This view shows the works from the lade which supplied water for power and for processing the cloth. The grille through which the water entered the works is below the chimney. This was the last of the Almond valley bleachworks to close, which it did in 1982. Latterly it was processing cotton rather than linen cloth. The last works in the area was at Luncarty, and closed in the late 1990s. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
External Reference H76/205/14
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