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Greenock, Roxburgh Street Sugar Refinery General View

SC 455028

Description Greenock, Roxburgh Street Sugar Refinery General View

Date 3/9/1975

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

Catalogue Number SC 455028

Category On-line Digital Images

Scope and Content Sugar refinery, Roxburgh Street and Sir Michael Street, Greenock, Renfrewshire This building is thought to have been a sugar refinery. If so, it belongs to the generation before what came to be the industry standard of a red and white brick building with a flat roof topped with a cast-iron water tank. This view shows the building from the south east. a seven storey, six by 5-bay sandstone squared rubble structure, with segmentally arched cart entries on the ground floors. This building was used as a warehouse in 1975, but it has since been demolished. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

External Reference H75/56/16

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/collection/455028

File Format (TIF) Tagged Image File Format bitmap

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Collection Level (551 147) Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland

> Item Level (SC 455028) Greenock, Roxburgh Street Sugar Refinery General View

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