
ScotIndustrialHerit
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Scottish Industrial Heritage Society (SIHS) promotes the material evidence of industrial Scotland
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More Early Engines - IEEC Conferences at Bo’ness. A pumping engine house that later became a dovecote. Was it erected by Potter in 1725? Is there any older steam engine house? How to date bricks? Mining Landscapes . Delegates are excited. #IEEC3



This is a great architectural loss to Glasgow. I have a particular connection to this building, as just behind it is the old factory where Franz Ferdinand put on our first events in an old factory we called The Chateau. We used to enter it via this building sometimes.


😍 Nice to see steam return to Glasgow Central this evening as part of the Great Britain XVI tour! Glasgow Central Tour


Kaukab Stewart MSP A helpful visual overview of Scotland’s new Skills Investment Plan #heritageskills Historic Environment Scotland


Entries to this years Railway Heritage Awd competition close on 31 May: so if you have a restored railway building or structure (It doesn't have to be in current railway ownership) then it's time to submit it. Go to nrha.org.uk and you'll see the entry form there.

Life progressing down in #Leith with new decking being laid on the Victorian swing bridge. Swans on the nest with 10 eggs and moorhens building a nest on a rubbish bag beneath the bridge. The City of Edinburgh Council Forth Ports


Write up of the The National Lottery Heritage Fund Scotland #ecomusem launch is now on our new ‘news’ page, the first entry! See 👉mining-landscapes.org/news If anyone has informal pics of the day including the cakes that they are willing to share please email [email protected] #miningheritage




quick visit to one of my fave Historic Scotland sites at Stanley Mills today - these are the wheel pits that housed some of the largest waterwheels in Scotland. The shroud marks are visible on the ashlar where the wheel has been off the true and gouging the wall !


Fab day with SPAB Scotland working party at Mill of Benholm. Even got the Pleasure of meeting @Meldrum04



This week it's 250 years since #JamesWatt journeyed from Scotland to start new life in Birmingham - thanks to Birmingham Archives & Collections for telling story: read also feature about it from Kinneil perspective➡️kinneil.org/2024/05/27/250… ScotIndustrialHerit The Watt Institution HeriotWattMuseum Historic Scotland