Clackmannan and Kinross . r100,000 barrels. Spirits were formerly manufactured atKilbagie and Kennetpans. In the latter part of theeighteenth century, Kilbagie was the largest distilleryin Scotland, with an annual output of 3000 tuns ofwhisky. It was connected by canal and tramway withKennetpans ; and the two distilleries are said to havepaid in excise duties an amount greater than the wholeland tax of Scotland at that time. Indeed, in 1861,the excise duties on spirits and malt from Clackmaiman-shire contributed a sixty-eighth part of the revenue of theUnited Kingdom. Changes in the law brough
Clackmannan and Kinross . r100,000 barrels. Spirits were formerly manufactured atKilbagie and Kennetpans. In the latter part of theeighteenth century, Kilbagie was the largest distilleryin Scotland, with an annual output of 3000 tuns ofwhisky. It was connected by canal and tramway withKennetpans ; and the two distilleries are said to havepaid in excise duties an amount greater than the wholeland tax of Scotland at that time. Indeed, in 1861,the excise duties on spirits and malt from Clackmaiman-shire contributed a sixty-eighth part of the revenue of theUnited Kingdom. Changes in the law brought aboutthe abandonment of these old distilleries ; the most 46 CLACKMANNANSHIRE important now existing are Carsebridge, established in1799, one of the largest in the country, with a capacityfor a weekly output of 60,000 gallons,—Glenochil nearMenstrie, and Cambus. The manufacture of iron provides work for 435 is a foundry at Alloa, but the chief establishmentwas the Devon Iron Works near the Devon in the north. of Alloa parish. These works, founded in 1792, were atfirst largely dependent upon local sources of supply, em-ploying at one time 150 miners, but the seam of ironbecame exhausted. After experiencing fluctuating fortunesand frequent changes of ownership, the mariufacture wasabandoned some 40 years ago. In addition to the industries common to all counties. INDUSTRIES AND MANUFACTURES 47 such as house building and furnishing, the preparation andsale of pro\ isions, Clackmannanshire has bottle and glassworks, shipbuilding yards, saw mills and rope walksat Alloa ; paper mills at Kilbagie ; brick and tile )ardsand pottery works at Alloa and Clackmannan. lo. Mines and Minerals. The Clackmannan coalfield, which lies, of course,entirely to the south of the Ochil fault, is one of con-siderable value. It begins at the boundary with Fife,where the Millstone Grit dips gradually under the UpperCoal Measures. The Sauchie coalfield was the earliestto be worked, but its deve
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