Islay, Port Charlotte, Lochindaal Distillery View of remains of water turbine
SC 572962
Description Islay, Port Charlotte, Lochindaal Distillery View of remains of water turbine
Date 1980
Collection Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
Catalogue Number SC 572962
Category On-line Digital Images
Scope and Content Former Lochindaal Distillery, Port Charlotte, Islay, Argyll (Argyll and Bute council area) This Islay Malt whisky distillery was founded in 1829 by Colin Campbell. It had a complex history of ownership, and was eventually acquired in 1929, when it was owned by Benmore Distilleries Ltd, by the Distillers' Co Ltd, who closed it. This view shows the remains of a water turbine which provided power for the distillery. Its house has collapsed on top of it, and its end-plate has been removed to reveal the bronze rotor, of the Francis type. It probably drove a generator. After closure in 1929 the DCL retained the warehouses for maturing spirit made in their other Islay distilleries, until the 1980s. The warehouse on the left in this view was then converted for use by the local community. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
External Reference H80/87/14
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