Milngavie, Bennie Railplane

Description Milngavie, Bennie Railplane

Date 2011

Collection Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

Catalogue Number 551 1/128/27/2

Category All Other

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>>> Sub-Group Level (551 1/128/27/2) Milngavie, Bennie Railplane

Category	Catalogue Number	Title	Date	Level
On-line Digital Images	DP 109876	Interior. Detail of door of former goods shed.	7/12/2011	Item Level
On-line Digital Images	DP 109877	Interior. Detail of door of former goods shed.	7/12/2011	Item Level
On-line Digital Images	DP 109878	Interior. Detail of door of former goods shed.	7/12/2011	Item Level
On-line Digital Images	DP 109879	Interior. Detail of door of former goods shed.	7/12/2011	Item Level
On-line Digital Images	DP 109880	Interior. Detail roof structure, west end.	7/12/2011	Item Level
On-line Digital Images	DP 109881	Interior. Detail roof structure, west end.	7/12/2011	Item Level
On-line Digital Images	DP 109882	Detail of commemorative plaque which reads: George Bennie (1892-1957). To commemorate George Bennie's railplane which was tested here on the 8th July 1930. The bullet-shaped carriage with a propeller at each end was reputed to be the forerunner of the modern monorail. It was suspended from a single rail on a 426 ft long purpose-built test track 80ft above the former L.N.E.R. railway line, situated to the east of this plaque. Bearsden and Milngavie District Council'. There is also a relief depicting a double propeller carriage suspended from its rail.	7/12/2011	Item Level