Motherwell, Dalzell Steel Works View showing Ruston 165 DE number 5, 1953, locomotive
SC 535883
Description Motherwell, Dalzell Steel Works View showing Ruston 165 DE number 5, 1953, locomotive
Date 25/4/1978
Collection Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
Catalogue Number SC 535883
Category On-line Digital Images
Scope and Content Dalzell Steel Works, Motherwell, Lanarkshire Dalzell Steel Works was developed by David Colville and Son from 1880 to complement their existing malleable-iron works. A new large open hearth steel plant was installed in the 1914-18 War. After 1945 a new light-section mill was built by Colvilles Ltd. This view shows one of the small diesel-electric locomotives used to transport materials round the works. This one was built by Ruston and Hornsby of Lincoln in 1953, and was one of a number which replaced steam locomotives at that time. A large steelworks like Dalzell had many miles of railway linking the different parts of the works, and there were a number of locomotives constantly employed. This was one of the oldest locomotives in the works. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
External Reference H78/81/3
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