View from SW of northern section of building. Copy of 35 mm colour transparency.
SC 866969
Description View from SW of northern section of building. Copy of 35 mm colour transparency.
Collection Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
Catalogue Number SC 866969
Category On-line Digital Images
Scope and Content Knockando Woollen Mill, Knockando, Moray The Knockando Woollen Mill is the last working survivor of many small rural woollen mills which turned the wool from locally-reared sheep into tweed and knitting wool for local use. The mill was water-powered until after World War II, and is now electrically powered. This entrance to the mill. The main range, to the rear, was built as a carding mill, and converted to spin as well as card in the later 19th century. Power-loom weaving was later added, and the large windows light an area where cloth was teazled to raise its nap. The Knockando mill started as a carding mill, making carded wool to be spun by hand. Spinning was added later, and finally power-looms were installed. There are active proposals to restore the mill to working order. For the last thirty years or so it has been weaving high-class woollen fabrics. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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