Glasgow, Clyde Iron Works View showing bases of coal bunkers in large range of coke ovens

Description Glasgow, Clyde Iron Works View showing bases of coal bunkers in large range of coke ovens

Date 4/4/1978

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

Catalogue Number SC 525224

Category On-line Digital Images

Scope and Content Clyde Iron Works, Tollcross, Glasgow Clyde Iron Works, founded in 1787 as an iron-smelting works, was completely rebuilt from the 1930s to supply pig iron in molten form to the adjacent Clydebridge Steelworks, and in solid form to steelworks in Lanarkshire and Ayrshire. This view shows the bases of some of the reinforced-concrete silos used to store coal to be used in the coke ovens. A conveyor running below the outlets from the silos took the coal to be crushed and sent to the ovens. It was important, for the making of good blast-furnace coke, to choose the right kind of coal. At Clyde various coals were blended to give the right properties. The coke ovens closed in 1978 when the iron works ended production. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

External Reference H78/45/13

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/collection/525224

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