Exploring disused manufacturing can sometimes be a bit depressing – all that decay, all those jobs that no longer exist, all that busy industry that has gone. So, when I worked out how to get into this large Scottish engineering company on two nights, it was a wonderful change to see a factory that’s still thriving and making things.
Port Dundas Distillery Part II
Back again for another look, and to cover the bits I missed. First, the barrel storage building, with a bunch of interesting conveyors to move the barrels about:
Port Dundas Distillery
It’s funny, isn’t it – when Diageo announced that they would be closing the historic Port Dundas distillery in Glasgow, there was much wailing and gnashing of teeth, marches through the streets protesting about the job losses, and questions in parliament. However, like most explorers, my first thought was “that one is going on the list”.
Microbrewery
This place is just down the road from me – for ages, I’ve been thinking it’d be a good place for a bike shop. Now I could phone up the agents and get the keys, but we don’t do things that way around here 😉 It’s an interesting art-deco-ish brick building that was expanded in the ’90s and converted into a bar and restaurant with a microbrewery on-site. It’s not very interesting really, but here you go:
