Glasgow, 321-325 High Street, Hydraulic Pumping Station View from ENE showing part of NE and SE fronts of pumping station with number 325 in foreground
SC 588910
Description Glasgow, 321-325 High Street, Hydraulic Pumping Station View from ENE showing part of NE and SE fronts of pumping station with number 325 in foreground
Date 29/6/1966
Collection Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
Catalogue Number SC 588910
Category On-line Digital Images
Scope and Content Hydraulic Pumping Station, 295 High Street, Glasgow (Glasgow City council area) This station was built by Glasgow Corporation as the power station for a system of high-pressure water-mains supplying hydraulic power to industrial and commercial premises in and around the city centre, to power lifts, cranes and presses. This view shows the building from the north east. The decorative red sandstone frontage was designed to fit in with the churches, hospital and prison surrounding Cathedral Square. The station continued to supply hydraulic power until 1964. It was the only public facility of its kind in Scotland, largely because electricity superseded hydraulic pressure as an economic method of transmitting power. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
External Reference H66/46/1A
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