Clydebank, Singer's Works, Industrial Dept View of belt-driven machinery
SC 512712
Description Clydebank, Singer's Works, Industrial Dept View of belt-driven machinery
Date 1977
Collection Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
Catalogue Number SC 512712
Category On-line Digital Images
Scope and Content Singer Sewing Machine Factory, Kilbowie Road, Clydebank, Dunbartonshire This factory was transferred from Bridgeton, Glasgow to a canal-side site, in 1882, and quickly became the largest sewing-machine factory in the world. There were two sections, one making domestic, and the other industrial, sewing machines. This view shows a group of belt-driven machine tools in the Industrial Department. This group was driven by a ceiling-mounted electric motor. Note the reinforced-concrete construction of the building. The works closed soon after this photograph was taken, and the buildings were demolished. The site is now a business park. The Singer company introduced mass-production into Scotland. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
External Reference H78/17/14
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