Elgin, Bruceland Road, Glenmoray Distillery, Interior View showing steam engine (Chrystal of Perth)
SC 570290
Description Elgin, Bruceland Road, Glenmoray Distillery, Interior View showing steam engine (Chrystal of Perth)
Date 31/3/1980
Collection Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
Catalogue Number SC 570290
Category On-line Digital Images
Scope and Content Glenmoray-Glenlivet Distillery, Bruceland Road, Elgin, Morayshire (Moray council area) This distillery was converted from a brewery in 1897 by the Glen Moray Glenlivet Distillery Co Ltd. It was silent from 1910 to c1923, when it was acquired by Macdonald and Muir, blenders, Leith. It is still owned by their successors, Glenmorangie plc. This view shows the horizontal steam engine which drove the distillery machinery when it was first converted. The drive was by belt from the pulley beside the flywheel, on the right, to the lineshaft in the background. This engine was made by Chrystal of Perth, who specialised in distillery steam engines, and was one of only three surviving in situ in 1980. This distillery was a product of the 1890s whisky boom, which was at its height in Moray and Banffshire. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
External Reference H80/31/5
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