Linlithgow, Mains Maltings View from W
SC 587728
Description Linlithgow, Mains Maltings View from W
Date 18/11/1966
Collection Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
Catalogue Number SC 587728
Category On-line Digital Images
Scope and Content Mains Maltings, Linlithgow, West Lothian (West Lothian council area) This complex was founded as a lowland malt whisky distillery in 1795, by William Glen. It was disused in 1854-55, but was later taken over by Aitkens, brewers in Falkirk, who used the existing maltings, and added a large block. This view shows the complex from the west. The former distillery section is on the left, marked by its tall kiln ventilator. The Victorian maltings block is on the right. The cottages on the left were for workers in the maltings. Aitken's brewery was taken over in 1960 by United Breweries, who speedily closed it, and this maltings. The complex lay empty until the early 1980s, when most of it was demolished for housing, retaining the old distillery block and converting it to flats. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
External Reference H66/113/2A
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