View from NW showing NE front and part of WNW front
SC 643551
Description View from NW showing NE front and part of WNW front
Date 1965
Collection Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
Catalogue Number SC 643551
Category On-line Digital Images
Scope and Content Coldstream Mill, North Ayrshire This early 19th-century mill was still working intermittently in 1965, using a large overshot waterwheel, measuring about 1m by 6.1m, to supply power. It was the last water-powered corn mill of the traditional type to operate in north Ayrshire. This shows the mill from the north-west, with the granary on the right. The main milling range is on the left, with a lean-to on the gable. The waterwheel is on the other end of this range. The small scale of the mill probably reflects the limited amount of corn grown in this upland area. The mill was still in usable condition in the mid-1970s. As far as the writer knows the mill was still using grindstones, unlike some other watermills which were using more modern equipment such as hammer mills. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
External Reference H35/65/3/4
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