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Newsletter 150 Autumn 2025     © Hampshire Mills Group

 

 

Still Waterwheel

 

 

Keith Andrews

 

 

Torabhaig is one of the newest distilleries on the Isle of Skye.

During the course of the restoration of the building, the remnants of a mill were uncovered, although the waterwheel was long gone;  several millstones were also found.

 

 

A new wheel was constructed on an iron frame of a similar age, and reinstated in the same location using the original padstones to carry the axle. 
The wheel can be driven by the cooling water from the stills – so is a ‘still’ waterwheel!

 

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