Oldmeldrum, Distillery Road, Glengarioch Distillery, Interior View showing greenhouse
SC 570371
Description Oldmeldrum, Distillery Road, Glengarioch Distillery, Interior View showing greenhouse
Date 1/4/1980
Collection Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
Catalogue Number SC 570371
Category On-line Digital Images
Scope and Content Glengarioch Distillery, Distillery Road, Oldmeldrum, Aberdeenshire (Aberdeenshire council area) This distillery was established by Thomas Simpson in 1798 and re-established in 1827 by Ingram, Lamb and Co. It eventually passed into the hands of The Distillers' Co Ltd, who closed it in 1968 and sold it in 1970 to Stanley P Morrison (Agencies) Ltd. This view shows the interior of the greenhouses built to use heat recovered from the flue gases from the gas-fired stills. In this view tomatoes are being grown. This was the first instance of horticulture being combined with distilling in this way. In 1980 this was one of a handful of malt whisky distilleries still floor malting in the traditional way. The others were Highland Park, Benriach, Glendronach and Bowmore. The rest had malt supplied by large central maltings. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
External Reference H80/36/10
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