Perth, Lower City Mills General View
SC 553394
Description Perth, Lower City Mills General View
Date 1/8/1978
Collection Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
Catalogue Number SC 553394
Category On-line Digital Images
Scope and Content Lower City Mills, Perth, Perthshire This is a three-storey and attic building, close to the Upper City Mills and to a granary which served them both. The mills made oatmeal, and had a large kiln. They were driven by an unusually large (3.74 by 4.27m) low-breast waterwheel. This view shows the south front of the mills from the south east. Note the very large kiln, whose ventilating louvres have been covered to prevent water penetration. The converted Upper City Mills are on the left. The City Mills operated into the 1960s, but by 1978 the upper mills had been converted to a hotel, and the lower mills, though intact, were disused, as was this granary. Subsequently the granary was converted to flats by the National Trust for Scotland. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
External Reference H78/231/2
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