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Edinburgh, Kirkliston, Path Brae, Kirkliston Distillery

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Oblique aerial view centred on the whisky distillery during demolition with the cemetery adjacent, taken from the SE.
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General view of entire site from E
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General view from SE across yard, showing boiler-house chimney, laboratory (centre left), and weighbridge (foreground left)
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View from NE of E end of block containing former floor maltings and kilns
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View from E within ruins of former distillery, with fabricated curved beam (centre)
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View from NW of N side of former floor maltings block at W end of site
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Oblique aerial view of former distillery, taken from S, with Saladin-box maltings in the foreground left.
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Oblique aerial view of former distillery, taken from ESE, with Saladin-box maltings in the foreground left and malt-extract buildings to the right.
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Watching brief, Plots B and A foundation trenches, Path Brae, Kirkliston
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Watching brief, Plot B foundation trench, Path Brae, Kirkliston
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View from NE of E end of block containing former floor maltings and kilns
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View from SW along S side of former floor maltings, built in 1857 and re-built in 1914
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General view from E of Kirkliston Distillery inscribed 'Malt Factory, Kirkliston 1939'
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View from S of Evaporator House, with recently added evaporator unit on outside of building (all the remainder being inside). This unit was acquired second-hand, and was built in Glasgow in 1933
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View from S of former floor-maltings block (now a store), with part of office building (left), evaporator house (right)
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Detailed view from W of one of two surviving cast-iron washbacks from the former distillery, currently used as a water tank
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View from SW of W end of boiler-house range, with former still house in foreground, and chimney (centre)
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View from SW of barley silos at W end of block of former floor maltings, built in 1857 and re-built in 1914
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View from NNW of N side of W end of former floor maltings block, which contained barley silos. The red saladin maltings building can be seen in the background
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Saladin Maltings. Interior detail inside an empty Saladin box, showing gantry carrying ten helixes, the rotation of each of which turns the steeped barley, ensuring even germination. The gantry moves up and down the box, is driven by electric motors, and also continuously moistens the barley with fine sprays of water.
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Saladin Maltings. Interior view inside an empty Saladin box, showing the steel mesh floor, concrete sides, and pair of steel gates and the far end of the box, through which the malted barley is pushed for drying in kilns once adequate germination has been achieved
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Watching brief, Plot B and A working shot, Path Brae, Kirkliston
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View of entire site from ENE, with Evaporator House in foreground (right)
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View from S of former floor-maltings block (now a store), with part of office building (left), evaporator house (right)
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