Huntingtowerfield, Bleach and Dye Works, Interior View showing bellows for blacksmiths hearth (a bellow at each side of hearth)

Description Huntingtowerfield, Bleach and Dye Works, Interior View showing bellows for blacksmiths hearth (a bellow at each side of hearth)

Date 25/8/1982

Collection Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland

Catalogue Number SC 573975

Category On-line Digital Images

Scope and Content Huntingtowerfield Bleach and Dyeworks, Almondbank, Perthshire (Perth and Kinross council area) This works was founded in about 1775 to bleach linen, using the pure water of the river Almond, and became one of the largest bleachworks in Scotland. It continued in use until 1981 in the ownership of Burt, Lumsden and Co Ltd. This view shows part of the maintenance workshop, with the two round bellows which supplied air to the blackmith's hearth. The back of the hearth is to the right, The wooden pole was pushed up and down to operate the bellows. As was the practice in many older indorses, Huntingtowerfield had a well-equipped workshop for maintaining its equipment. Such shops often used machines discarded from manufacturing engineering shops. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

External Reference H82/2/4

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/collection/573975

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