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CAMERON, HUGH
(1705-1817), millwright, was a native of the Breadalbane district of
Perthshire. After serving an apprenticeship as a country millwright he
settled at Shiain of Lawers, where he erected the first lint mill in
operation in the highlands of Scotland. He was the first to introduce
spinning-wheels and jackreels in Breadalbane instead of the distaff and
spindle, and instructed the people in their use. Nearly all the lint
mills erected during his time in the highlands of Perthshire and in the
counties of Inverness, Caithness, and Sutherland were constructed by
him. It was he who designed the first barley mill built on the north
side of the Forth, for which a song, very popular m the highlands, was
composed in his honour, entitled ‘Moladh di Eobhan Camashran Muilleir
lin,’ that is, ‘A song in praise of Hugh Cameron, the lint miller.’ He
died in 1817, at the reputed age of 112. |
