Deanston Mills, Cotton Mill View from NW
SC 619789
Description Deanston Mills, Cotton Mill View from NW
Collection Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
Catalogue Number SC 619789
Category On-line Digital Images
Scope and Content Cotton Mill, Deanston, Stirling This village was founded in 1785 by the Buchanan family to spin cotton by water power, using Richard Arkwright's package of processes. The mills were eventually taken over in 1808 by James Finlay & Co, who continued cotton manufacture there until 1965. This shows the new mill built in about 1828, when the complex was enlarged and the waterworks completely revised to deliver much more power. This building was designed with the possibility of extension over the site of the single-storeyed block in front. After the end of cotton manufacture in 1965 part of this mill was converted into a malt whisky distillery, as Deanston Distillery. This has passed through various hands, and is still operating. The mill-workers' housing is now in individual ownership. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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