Knockdhu Distillery, Stillhouse; Interior General View
SC 572602
Description Knockdhu Distillery, Stillhouse; Interior General View
Date 9/5/1980
Collection Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
Catalogue Number SC 572602
Category On-line Digital Images
Scope and Content Knockdhu Distillery, Knock, Banffshire (Moray council area) This distillery was built in 1893-4 by Haigs, by then part of The Distillers' Co Ltd, at the start of the 1890s whisky boom. It was the first malt whisky distillery owned by the DCL, which eventually dominated the pot still trade. This view shows the stillhouse, which had two stills in the traditional manner. The wash still is on the left, and the spirit still on the right. Note the 'sight glasses' in the neck of the wash still, used to monitor the frothing during distillation. This was one of the first malt whisky distilleries to be built with a rail connection, a pattern of development which became standard in the 1890s. The distillery was closed in 1983, but sold to Inver House Distillers and reopened in 1989. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
External Reference H80/67/6
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