This is a revised third edition of the hardback published in 1993 to celebrate the 500th anniversary of the first documentary records of the making of Scotch whisky in 1494. Brian Townsend has now detailed the remnants & ruins of almost every Victorian working distillery in Scotl&. In this new edition he has fully updated the most recent closures & has sourced over 35 new archive photographs of many of Scotland's lost distilleries. The distilleries featured vary from the remnants of once great industrial concerns such as Saucel Distillery in Paisley to a mere tumble of bricks & mortar lying in a remote location like Glen Tarras at Langholm. Over the length & breadth of Scotland its greatest export has left its mark & this book is a tribute not only to those who struggled against great odds & were finally beaten but also to those who survived & have prospered. Townsend's detailed research brings to life a large portion of Scottish industrial heritage which would otherwise have been ignored & he has enlivened this with interviews of the last people to work those long gone stills. He has also tracked down the whisky which in some cases still exists & the book is fully illustrated with records past & present of this remarkable trade.
Includes:: full OS map reference index to all distilleries listed & a full index.