View from ENE showing part of ESE front of Scotstoun Mills with part of Bishop Mills in background

Description View from ENE showing part of ESE front of Scotstoun Mills with part of Bishop Mills in background

Date 6/5/1970

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

Catalogue Number SC 718248

Category On-line Digital Images

Scope and Content Scotstoun (Flour) Mills, Scotstoun Mill Road, Glasgow The river Kelvin was a vital source of water power for Glasgow before the steam engine was invented, and in the mile or so before it reached the Clyde it powered about half a dozen grain mills. Industrial inertia resulted in three of these sites continuing in use into the second half of the 20th century. This shows part of Scotstoun Mills from the north east, in the centre. These mills were founded in 1847 by John White, and the building with the Gothic tower was built in 1898 to designs by W F McGibbon. The concrete store on the right was reconstructed from a tram depot in about 1930. These mills were built on the site of two ancient mills, one a waulk mill. In 1970,as can be seen, they were owned by Spillers, but by 2002 they were owned by Rank, and were still making flour in a new block constructed in the late 1960s, the last flour mill in Glasgow. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

External Reference H35/70/15/22

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/collection/718248

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