Survey Data
Reg No
15321008
Rating
National
Categories of Special Interest
Technical
Previous Name
John Locke and Company
Original Use
Mill race
In Use As
Mill race
Date
1800 - 1840
Coordinates
233177, 235566
Date Recorded
17/08/2004
Date Updated
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Description
Mill race and associated water powered machinery including sluice gates with cast-iron machinery and an undershot waterwheel with timber floatboards, erected c.1820, probably incorporating earlier works. Located to the east of the main Locke's Distillery complex with tail race rejoining the River Brosna to the south.
Appraisal
An important surviving example of early water-powered machinery associated with Locke's Distillery. The waterwheel was designed and erected by I and R Mallets, a Dublin based engineering firm which specialised in producing machinery for water mills in the early nineteenth-century in Ireland. It is a notable addition to the industrial archaeology and engineering heritage of Ireland and integral part of the history of Locke's Distillery.