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Tillycorthie Mansion House, Air Shaft
Air Shaft (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Tillycorthie Mansion House, Air Shaft
Classification Air Shaft (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Tillycorthie House Policies
Canmore ID 130421
Site Number NJ92SW 114.09
NGR NJ 9059 2338
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/130421
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Udny
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Gordon
- Former County Aberdeenshire
NJ92SW 114.09 9059 2338
Air Shaft [NAT]
OS 1:10,000 map, 1992.
This brick-built air-shaft was built c.1910-12 as part of a programme of engineering works intended to provide Tillycorthie Mansion (NJ92SW 114.00) with a private supply of electricity. The shaft vented an underground pipe which supplied water from a large ornamental lake to a waterwheel or turbine, now removed, but originally housed in Lakeside House (NJ 9060 2332), now a private residence. When the scheme failed to work effectively an oil combustion engine was imported from Sweden to drive several dynamos, which were housed also in Lakeside House.
Visited by RCAHMS (ATW, JRS), 29 January 1997.
