General view of distillery and main gate from NW. Digital image of B 74729.
SC 736127
Description General view of distillery and main gate from NW. Digital image of B 74729.
Date 9/6/1992
Catalogue Number SC 736127
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of B 74729
Scope and Content Ben Nevis Distillery, Fort William, Highland, from north-west Ben Nevis Distillery was founded in 1825 by 'Long John' MacDonald, and first produced a whisky known as 'Dew of Ben Nevis'. The site was bought by Joseph Hobbs in 1955, who installed a Coffey still to produce grain spirit. In 1989, Ben Nevis Distillery was bought by the Japanese company Nikka who revived the production of malt whisky. This shows the harled stone main production buildings with their brick boiler house chimney (centre), the 'Legend of the Dew of Ben Nevis' visitor centre (right), and part of the 1950s Art Deco-style offices (left). In the background is Ben Nevis, which, at 1344m, is the highest mountain in Britain. Water used in the distillery is very cold and pure, coming as it does from the snow melting from nearby Ben Nevis. Water flows down to become the Allt a 'Mhuilinn (The Mill Burn) stream. The name Ben Nevis means 'cloudy mountain', reflecting the characteristic appearance of the famous mountain. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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