Provanmill

Distillery Name : Provanmill Distillery

Distillery Area : Lowland, Scotland

Product : Malt Whisky

Operated Between : c.1815 - 1922

Current Status : Inactive

Location : Provanmill, Glasgow.

Map Grid Reference : 

Current Owner : None

Notes : Also Mile End.

Probably same as Milltown.

 

Timeline

1815 - Said to have been founded.

1825-26 - William Kirkland.

1849-1850 - John Morrison.

1852 - Robert Simpson & Co.

1858 - Shown as Mile End Distillery on first edition of OS map, surveyed 1858.

1860-82 - Moses Risk.

1882-94 - Moses Risk & Sons.

1894 - Moses Risk & Sons when incorporated as Moses Risk & Sons Ltd.

1922 - Moses Risk & Sons Ltd. wound up and distillery purchased by the Provanmill Bonding Co. Ltd, promoted by Sir James Calder and others.

1929 - Provanmill Bonding Co. Liquidated.

 

References

The Scotch Whisky Industry Record - H. Charles Craig, 1994.