View from E showing waterwheel on NNE front
SC 787473
Description View from E showing waterwheel on NNE front
Date 3/5/1971
Collection Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
Catalogue Number SC 787473
Category On-line Digital Images
Scope and Content Auchincloch Mill, Banknock, North Lanarkshire This shows the waterwheel from the north-east. It has cast-iron rings and wooden buckets. The side of the wheel is boxed in with cobbled together boards, probably as a safety measure. The water to power this mill came from a dam out of sight to the right. This was one of a number of former watermills in the area which had been electrified to make animal feeding stuffs. All succumbed to competition from large national manufacturers in the 1970s. This one has since been converted into a dwelling house. This mill was probably rebuilt in the early 19th century, and re-equipped in the mid-20th century to make animal feeding stuffs, using electrically-powered equipment. The high-breast waterwheel, about 6m in diameter by 0.9m wide, was retained to drive the sack hoist. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
External Reference H35/71/36/40
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