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Paisley, Bladda Mill, Saucel Mills View from NE, weir on left
SC 596999
Description Paisley, Bladda Mill, Saucel Mills View from NE, weir on left
Date 2/5/1967
Collection Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
Catalogue Number SC 596999
Category On-line Digital Images
Scope and Content Saucel Mills (now Watermill Hotel), Bladda Lane, Paisley, Renfrewshire This mill was on the site of an ancient mill but was rebuilt in 1868. In that form it was a double mill with two sets of three millstones, each driven by a low-breast waterwheel, and two kilns. It also had a pea girdle for drying peas to make pease meal. This shows the mill from the north-east, with the waterfall, the Hamills, which acted as a weir, on the left. The little ventilator of one of the kilns can be seen at the far end of the mill, with the offices of the Saucel Ironworks beyond. This mill was latterly owned by James Snodgrass Ltd, and made oatmeal and pease meal. It closed in 1967 and was bought by the Stakis Group, who converted it into the Watermill Hotel, removing all the machinery. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
External Reference H67/233/2C
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