top of page

Aerial view of Lochwinnoch

PB the Cairn

SITE MAP

Lochwinnoch

Contact Us

The purpose of the site is to help those new to the village to connect with its past and for those who have left for pastures new to remember what was left behind

Return to Calder Glen Menu

As it Was

This is a selection of photographs (mostly) from the Canmore site showing how it used to look.

Click the image for an expanded view some of which may have additional information.

Gentleman walking past the Calder Glen Mill laundry in Lochwinnoch

Calder Glen laundry in Lochwinnoch

Closeup of the Calder Glen laundry sign painted on the building

Calder Glen water wheel which powered the mill with a man adjacent to it giving a sense of its size

Calder Glen water wheel which powered the mill

The weir on the Cloak burn which diverted water to the Calder Glen mill wheel.

Looking along the lade taking water from the Cloak burn to the Calder Glen mill wheel

The Calder Glen lade from the Cloak burn to the mill was a wooden structure supported on trestles.

On leaving the mill wheel the water was diverted under the building via a culvert to then join the river Calder.

Rear view of the Calder Glen mill in Lochwinnoch

View of the Calder Glen mill from the bank of the river Calder

View of the Calder Glen mill from the road.

View of the Calder Glen mill from the road.

bottom of page