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North British Distillery Cooperage at Muirhall, near West Calder |
© Peter Stubbs www.edinphoto.org.uk Photo taken April 25, 1995
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North British Distillery - Cooperage |
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1996 This is one of the photos I took as part of a project to document people at work in and around Edinburgh. This photo was taken in the cooper's shop at North British Distillery's cooperage at West Calder in April 1995. This photo shows barrels being filled as the pass along the line. |
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More Photos Here are more photos taken at NB Distillery at Gorgie and at NB Distillery's cooperage at West Calder, West Lothian in the 1990s. |
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Recollections from George T Smith Nanaimo, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada |
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Thank you to George T Smith, Canada, who wrote: Barrels and Bungs "The pictures in the cooperage show workers using a 'flogger' to 'start' (open) the temporary bungs made of cork. Hard bungs were hammered home using a cooper's adze then shaved flush before going into the warehouses for maturing. Hard bungs made pilferage more difficult and being less porous reduced the 'angel's share' during the years in bond. Cork bungs were not shaved so the canvas shows in some photographs. Some of the kit shown is after my time. Casks were manhandled in the racking warehouse, not moved mechanically down a filling line as shown in your picture." George T Smith, British Columbia, Canada: December 22, 2007. |
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North British Distillery |
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