Alloa, East Vennel, Thistle Brewery | Canmore

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Preview	Category	Catalogue Number	Collection	Title	Date	Level
	On-line Digital Images	SC 553894	Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland	Alloa, East Vennel, Thistle Brewery General view from SW	26/3/1979	Item Level
	On-line Digital Images	SC 553896	Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland	Alloa, East Vennel, Thistle Brewery View from SSW showing SSE front of office block	26/3/1979	Item Level
	On-line Digital Images	SC 553899	Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland	Alloa, Old High Street, Maltings View from SSW showing curved WSW front and SSE front of maltings with part of SSE front of Thistle Brewery office block in background	26/3/1979	Item Level
	On-line Digital Images	SC 905284	Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu	Alloa, Thistle Brewery: scanned image of annotated ground plan	3/2000	Item Level
	On-line Digital Images	SC 905285	Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu	Alloa, Thistle Brewery: Scanned image of first floor plan showing main block.	9/2000	Item Level
	On-line Digital Images	SC 905286	Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu	Alloa, Thistle Brewery: Scanned image of drawing of second floor plan showing main block.	9/2000	Item Level
	On-line Digital Images	SC 905287	Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu	Alloa, Thistle Brewery: Scanned image of drawing of third floor plan showing main block.	9/2000	Item Level
	On-line Digital Images	SC 905291	Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu	Alloa, Thistle Brewery: Scanned image of drawing showing sections.	10/2000	Item Level
	On-line Digital Images	SC 1269304	Records of Aerofilms Ltd, aerial photographers, Bristol, England	Alloa, general view, showing Patons and Baldwins Ltd. Kilncraigs Mills and Mill Street. Oblique aerial photograph taken facing south-west.	1949	Item Level
	On-line Digital Images	SC 1439922	Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu	Alloa, Thistle Brewery General view from SSE (Old High Street) of the polychrome brick brewery dating from the 1870s with some rebuilding after 1910 and incorporating some early-mid 19th-century buildings	26/8/1999	Item Level
	On-line Digital Images	SC 1439923	Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu	Alloa, Thistle Brewery General view from NE (Old Bridge Street)	26/8/1999	Item Level
	On-line Digital Images	SC 1439924	Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu	Alloa, Thistle Brewery View from SW (East Vennel)	26/8/1999	Item Level
	On-line Digital Images	SC 1439925	Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu	Alloa, Thistle Brewery Rear view from NW showing the rubble back-wall of the maltings to the right and the main building on the left	26/8/1999	Item Level
	On-line Digital Images	SC 1439926	Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu	Alloa, Thistle Brewery View of office block (possibly built 1896, the year the company was taken over by Fraser and Carmichael) from SW	26/8/1999	Item Level
	On-line Digital Images	SC 1439927	Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu	Alloa, Thistle Brewery View of entrance to office building showing bull-faced rubble build with large portholes flanking the main arched entrance doorway	26/8/1999	Item Level
	On-line Digital Images	SC 1439928	Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu	Alloa, Thistle Brewery View of formerly arched vehicular entrance. Former manager's house ('Thistle House') right, is now used as administration offices	26/8/1999	Item Level
	On-line Digital Images	SC 1439929	Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu	Alloa, Thistle Brewery, office yard area View from NE of rear of office building. Vehicular entrance on left.	26/8/1999	Item Level
	On-line Digital Images	SC 1439930	Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu	Alloa, Thistle Brewery, Malt Storage area, ground floor, Hop Store, interior View from NE of sacks of hops used in last brewing 24 August 1999. Note whitewashed early-mid 19th century rubble walls	26/8/1999	Item Level
	On-line Digital Images	SC 1439931	Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu	Alloa, Thistle Brewery, Cooperage View from SW of cooperage showing ground floor work area with storage above. This has been disused since the 1950s	26/8/1999	Item Level
	On-line Digital Images	SC 1439932	Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu	Alloa, Thistle Brewery, Coopers Yard View from W of brewery buildings and top of bore hole no. 2 gantry visible in distance. The gantry was used for hauling up the 20 feet lengths of 300 feet borehole pipe for repair and renewal. Boreholes are remote to avoid any foul waste from the rest of the brewery complex. Later lean-to to right of picture. The tun room and 'Paraflow' or heat exchanger areas are identifiable externally by the large (recent) windows visible on the second and third floors on the left. The cask washing area is on the left	26/8/1999	Item Level
	On-line Digital Images	SC 1439933	Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu	Alloa, Thistle Brewery, Coopers Yard View from SW of frontage of main 4 storey, 2 by 8 bay brewery block with tower showing polychrome brickwork and blocked windows on fourth floor. These were blocked after the roof collapse of 1969. The hot liquor tank (hot water used in the brewing process) is on the right	26/8/1999	Item Level
	On-line Digital Images	SC 1439934	Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu	Alloa, Thistle Brewery, Coopers Yard View of older of the two boreholes from SE (600 feet in depth with the pump situated at 300 feet). Boreholes are remote in order to stop any contamination from foul waste from the rest of the brewery complex	26/8/1999	Item Level
	On-line Digital Images	SC 1439935	Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu	Alloa, Thistle Brewery, Basement Floor, Bottling and Keg Plant, interior View from W. The bottling plant was removed in 1985. The tanks visible are beer conditioning vessels	26/8/1999	Item Level
	On-line Digital Images	SC 1439936	Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu	Alloa, Thistle Brewery, Brewhouse, interior View of ground floor with maturation/ conditioning vessels and caramel dissolving plant (right). Maturation/ conditioning vessels contain beer run by hose from fermentation vats above. They brew is stored here at a low temperature and other additives can be introduced at this point. The beer is then racked off by hose to the Kegging Hall. Note glazed walls and painted floor for hygiene	26/8/1999	Item Level