by Kennetpans Trust | Jan 19, 2011 | John Stein's Letters
Transcription of letter Kennetpans by Alloa N D 9 Nov 1786 Gentm I am favd with yours of 31 Oct. It is well you stopped proceeding with my Mill, before we had more fully determined upon the power. Mr Meickle Millwright is cleart of opinion my two pair largest stones...
by Kennetpans Trust | Jan 19, 2011 | John Stein's Letters
Transcription of letter Kennetpans 25th Sept 1786 Mess. Bolton & Watt Gentm Your favour of 12th Curr.t came duly to my hand to which I would write you in course but was from home for some days. I observe you have a Steam Engine nearly finnished for grinding of...
by Kennetpans Trust | Jan 19, 2011 | John Stein's Letters
Letters from John Stein to Boulton & Watt ordering the steam engine. These letters have been transcribed as accurately as possible. I have put words or sections that I am not sure about in brackets. If you can work out what they do actually say, please let me...
by Kennetpans Trust | Jan 19, 2011 | Steam Engine
Scotland’s first Boulton & Watt steam engine was ordered by John Stein in 1786 and located at his Kennetpans Distillery (See letters ordering this steam engine). In 1763, a Scottish scientific instrument maker, James Watt, was given the job of repairing a model of...
by administrator | Jan 18, 2011 | Stein's Ships
On 1st February 1787 James Stein became the registered owner of the Minerva of Kincardine. This ship was built in Kincardine by John Marshall and launched in June 1786. She was a Square Sterned Carval Brigantine and she had one deck and one mast, she was 66ft 1in long...
by administrator | Jan 18, 2011 | Stein's Ships
On 14th October 1786 John Stein became the registered owner of the Mary and Margaret of Kennet Pans. This ship was built at Kennetpans by James Strang. She was a Square Sterned Carval Sloop and she had one deck and one mast, was 55ft 6in long and was 17 ft 11in wide,...
by administrator | Jan 17, 2011 | Stein's Ships
On 31st October 1786 James Stein became the registered owner of the Rachael of Kincardine. This ship was built in Kincardine by John Marshall in 1785. She was a Square Sterned Carval Sloop and she had one deck and one mast, she was 54ft 9inlong and 18ft 8in wide. The...
by administrator | Jan 15, 2011 | Stein's Ships
On 31st October 1786 James Stein became the registered owner of the Juno of Kincardine. This ship was built in Kincardine by John Marshall in 1785. She was a Square Sterned Carval Sloop and she had one deck and one mast, she was 49ft 8 in long and 20ft 6in wide. The...
by Kennetpans Trust | Jan 7, 2011 | Miscellaneous, Uncategorised
The world’s first commercial distillery “where distilling left the farmyards and became a true industry The distillery that formed the Scottish and Irish whisky industries as we know them today Almost 200 years from its closure, the Kennetpans legacy still...
by administrator | Jan 4, 2011 | Stein's Ships
On the 31st October 1786 James Stein became the registered owner of the Neptune of Kincardine. This ship was built in Kincardine by John Marshall in 1784. She was a Square Sterned Carval Brigantine and she had two decks and two masts, she was 76ft 3in long and 24ft...
