General view from SE showing SSW and ESE fronts of works

Description General view from SE showing SSW and ESE fronts of works

Date 4/1/1971

Collection Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland

Catalogue Number SC 772718

Category On-line Digital Images

Scope and Content Provan Gas Works, Glasgow This shows the east side of the works from the south-east, with the offices to the left, and the stores beyond. The function of the tall building is not known. In the foreground is the track of the Lanarkshire & Dumbartonshire's loop line to Maryhill, with the gas works branch diverging to the left. After the introduction of natural gas in the 1970s the reforming plant was dismantled, and the works is now just a holder station. There are two very large holders on the southern edge of the complex and a smaller one to the north. This works was built in 1900-4 for Glasgow Corporation Gas Department, and designed by William Foulis, engineer. It was greatly extended after 1919. It was a vertical retort coal-gas works, and operated into the 1960s. It was then converted to make gas by reforming naphtha from oil refineries. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

External Reference H35/71/1/18

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/collection/772718

File Format (TIF) Tagged Image File Format bitmap