Kinlochmoidart House. Principal floor, detail of lift control panel
A 34818
Description Kinlochmoidart House. Principal floor, detail of lift control panel
Date 4/1985
Collection Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
Catalogue Number A 34818
Category Photographs and Off-line Digital Images
Copies SC 765848
Scope and Content Lift control panel, principal floor, Kinlochmoidart House, Highland This shows an electric control panel for the service lift which was used to transport heavy goods around the house. The panel was operated by servants and was connected to a mechanism on the third floor which moved the lift. The development of electric lighting and other services run by electricity in the late 19th century led to many well-off families constructing their own private generator near their homes. The Kinlochmoidart House generator created electricity from the power of water flowing from a reservoir on the estate. Kinlochmoidart House was built in 1884 for Robert Stewart, distiller and stands on the site of an earlier house which was destroyed by fire in the mid-18th century. William Leiper (1839-1916), designed the house in Scots Baronial style and used local whinstone and red Ballochmyle sandstone in the construction. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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