New Lanark, Mill Number Three, Steam Engine House

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Engine House (19th Century), Steam Engine (19th Century)

Site Name New Lanark, Mill Number Three, Steam Engine House

Classification Engine House (19th Century), Steam Engine (19th Century)

Alternative Name(s) Adjacent To The Institute; Mill No. 3; New Lanark Mills; New Lanark Industrial Village

Canmore ID 255770

Site Number NS84SE 58.34

NGR NS 88064 42516

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/255770

Digital Images

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Detailed view from N of NE and NW sides of the engine house, which is detached from the mill itself (background right) , being situated at the NW end of 'The Institute'. Mill No.3 and its engine house are now connected by an overhead walkway

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13/6/2002

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New Lanark: interior. View from S within engine house showing steam engine. Similar to the original engine, this is a 250hp twin-tandem compound mill engine by Petrie of Rochdale (1912) re-located from Philiphaugh Mill near Selkirk by the New Lanark Conservation Trust

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13/6/2002

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New Lanark: view from N of NE and NW sides of the engine house, which is detached from the mill itself (background right), being situated at the NW end of 'The Institute'. Mill No.3 and its engine house are now connected by an overhead walkway

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13/6/2002

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New Lanark, general view, showing Gourock Ropework Co. Ltd. Mills and New Lanark Road. Oblique aerial photograph taken facing north.

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Records of Aerofilms Ltd, aerial photographers, Bristol, England

18/9/1932

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Interior. View from S within engine house showing steam engine. Similar to the original engine, this is a 250hp twin-tandem compound mill engine by Petrie of Rochdale (1912) re-located from Philiphaugh Mill near Selkirk by the New Lanark Conservation Trust

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Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

13/6/2002

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Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

13/6/2002

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Map of New Lanark, from New Lanark RCAHMS Broadsheet 15. 400dpi copy of GV004120.

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Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

2006

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View from N of NE and NW sides of the engine house, which is detached from the mill itself (background right), being situated at the NW end of 'The Institute'. Mill No.3 and its engine house are now connected by an overhead walkway

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Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

13/6/2002