Perth, West Mill Street, City Mills and Granary View from WSW showing WSW front of lower city mills with Town's Lade in foreground

Description Perth, West Mill Street, City Mills and Granary View from WSW showing WSW front of lower city mills with Town's Lade in foreground

Date 23/4/1966

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

Catalogue Number SC 587186

Category On-line Digital Images

Scope and Content Lower City Mills, Perth, Perthshire (Perth and Kinross council area) This mill was built as an oatmeal mill, and was powered from the Perth City Lade, which draws water from the river Almond. There is a central low-breast internal waterwheel which latterly drove three pairs of stones. This view shows the mills from the west. The low wall and fence conceal the lade, the wheel being behind the central arch. To the right the edge of the kiln can be seen. This was used for drying the oats before grinding into oatmeal. The mills were disused in 1966, but intact. They were repaired and converted into a visitor attraction in the 1980s, retaining the wheel and millstones. The nearby granary is now flats, and the Upper City Mills an hotel. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

External Reference H66/14/1A

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/collection/587186

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