Hallside Steelworks, Interior View showing cogging mill (old housing)
SC 535967
Description Hallside Steelworks, Interior View showing cogging mill (old housing)
Date 26/4/1978
Collection Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
Catalogue Number SC 535967
Category On-line Digital Images
Scope and Content Hallside Steel Works, Newton, Lanarkshire This was the first large-scale steel works in Scotland, founded in 1871 by the Steel Company of Scotland. This became part of Colvilles Ltd in the 1930s, and was converted to make alloy steels by Clyde Alloy Ltd in 1959. This view shows the cogging mill, used for the first stage of reduction of ingots to finished bars. The glow comes from the white-hot steel. The dial shows to the mill operator how thick the steel is each time it passes through the rolls. Clyde Alloy Ltd was a Colville subsidiary set up in 1936 to make stainless and other alloy steels. The conversion of Hallside to make such steels was a reflection of growing demand in the post-war period. The works closed c.1979. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
External Reference H78/84/9
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