The above image features the bed of the Keil Burn just north of the viaduct at Lower Largo. In the centre, behind the boat, is one of the oldest parts of the Largo Mill complex. Situated to the left of the main mill, this smaller structure once contained a gasworks, forge and cooperage. Following on from Part 1 and Part 2, this third part in a series looking at the mill, turns the spotlight on this building.
Shown below is a floor plan and a section of this structure as it would have been around 1860. The drawings are fully annotated and linked to a description of the process of gas manufacture. To open a PDF document version of the image below, please click here.
Shown below is a floor plan and a section of this structure as it would have been around 1860. The drawings are fully annotated and linked to a description of the process of gas manufacture. To open a PDF document version of the image below, please click here.
The second detailed illustrated document below shows the same building in the top left hand corner - shown in section and in relation to the mill dam and sluice. A plan and further details are also provided on the dam, sluice, tunnel, etc. To open and view this document as a PDF, please click here.
Clearly an operation such as Largo Mill would not only employ a significant number of local people, but would also provide work for local contractors in a variety of ways (note for example the need for regular cleaning of the dam mentioned in the above). The next post in the series will acknowledge some of the local suppliers connected to the mill a century and a half ago.
With thanks to John Band for the thorough research and detailed documentation.
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