Catrine, Mill Lead View of W reservoir from Chapel Braes, St Cuthberts Street on left, Bleachworks in background

Description Catrine, Mill Lead View of W reservoir from Chapel Braes, St Cuthberts Street on left, Bleachworks in background

Date 1967

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

Catalogue Number SC 590471

Category On-line Digital Images

Scope and Content Catrine, East Ayrshire This village was founded in 1787 by David Dale and Sir Claud Alexander of Ballochmyle round a cotton-spinning mill. A bleachworks was added later, and the power system of the mills remodelled in about 1827, and again in 1947. This shows the reservoirs or 'voes' at the east end of the village, built to store water to keep the mills running when the flow in the River Ayr was low. In the right background is part of the bleachworks. The remodelling of c.1827 involved the construction of two 15.24m-diameter waterwheels. These were replaced in 1947 by a hydro-electric generating station supplying power to a new spinning mill. This was still in operation in 1967, but closed soon after. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

External Reference H67/165/2B

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/collection/590471

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