View from WSW showing tower and part of WNW front of mill block

Description View from WSW showing tower and part of WNW front of mill block

Date 11/1/1971

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

Catalogue Number SC 775969

Category On-line Digital Images

Scope and Content High Mill, Chapel Street, Carluke, South Lanarkshire This shows the tower of the mill from the south-west. The cap of the mill, carrying the sails, revolved on top of this tower. The building on the right, which incorporated a kiln, was added after wind power had been abandoned in the mid-19th century in favour of steam power. This mill was adapted to be driven by a gas engine in the late 19th century. It appears to have operated until after World War II, and was used as a store until the 1970s. It was the taken over by a local history group who did some clearance and repairs, but its future is still uncertain. This tower windmill was built in 1797, in a period when iron gearing was transforming the performance of both wind and water mills in Scotland, and when improved sail design was making windmills more powerful. This was one of a group of large Scottish mills built to use these new technologies. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

External Reference H35/71/2/12

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/collection/775969

File Format (TIF) Tagged Image File Format bitmap