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Distillery, in use. Linkwood Distillery was first established by a farmer called Peter Brown in 1821, who grew most of the barley himself for the distillery, and production started in 1825. In circa 1840, James Walker became the manager. He operated the distillery until Brown's death in 1868, after which the distillery was under the control of his son, William Brown. In 1872-3, he designed and built a new distillery on the same site, built by George Melven. After William Brown's death, the Linkwood-Glenlivet Company was created by Brown's family in 1898, and the distillery was further extended. Following a temporary closure between 1941 and 1945 as a result of barley shortage during World War II, it re-opened in 1945. The distillery was modernised by Scottish Malt Distillers, with electricity replacing the steam engine and water wheel, and the stills being replaced. A second distillery (Linkwood B) was built alongside the first one in 1971. The original stillhouse was closed in 1985. Today it is a modernised distillery that retains a single malt kiln, probably for its decorative value.
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Historic Environment Records (HER) 
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NJ26SW0043 - LINKWOOD DISTILLERY