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

SC 775969

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

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