Knockando Distillery
Location type
Name and dates
Knockando Distillery (1898-)Opened on the Rail Served Distilleries.
Opened on the Knockando Timber Extraction Railway.
Opened on the Strathspey Railway.
Description
This distillery was founded in 1898. It was close to Gilbey's Cottage Halt which served the worker cottages built by Gilbey for the Knockando Distillery.
A Great War timber extraction railway ran south west from this location, crossing over the River Spey to reach Phones Wood. It was in operation from roughly 1917 to 1919. Possibly also referred to as Knockando Timber Siding.
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DistilleryExternal links
Canmore site recordNLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914
NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
04/12/2021
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