View from NW. Copy of 35 mm colour transparency.
SC 866349
Description View from NW. Copy of 35 mm colour transparency.
Collection Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
Catalogue Number SC 866349
Category On-line Digital Images
Scope and Content Tower windmill, The Shore, Leith, Edinburgh This is the oldest surviving Scottish windmill of the tower type, and the largest. It was built in 1686, probably for crushing lead ore from Wanlockhead and Leadhills, before exporting it to the Dutch Republic for use in glazing pottery. It was later used as an oil-seed crushing mill, and then as a signal tower. This view shows the mill in about 1970. It was adapted to serve as part of the tenement adjoining to the right, built in 1802, with windows cut into the structure. The crenellations were added in about 1805. The tavern at the base is a later addition. This building was designed by Robert Mylne, Edinburgh's leading architect of the period, and the King's master mason. It is a piece of evidence that industrial building was not at the time considered beneath the consideration of a 'polite' architect. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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