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Coatbridge, Victoria Steelworks, Interior View showing stove with motor in background
SC 549209
Description Coatbridge, Victoria Steelworks, Interior View showing stove with motor in background
Date 1978
Collection Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
Catalogue Number SC 549209
Category On-line Digital Images
Scope and Content Victoria Steelworks, Coatbridge, Lanarkshire This works was founded by the Victoria Iron and Steel Co Ltd in 1898. It became part of the Scottish Iron and Steel Co in 1912, and of Bairds and Scottish Steel in 1939. It survived the end of that company in 1967, and was acquired by Colvilles Ltd. This view shows a typical works stove, usually fired with coke. The electric motor on the right drove a lineshaft which in turn drove tools in a small machine shop. The works closed in 1978 as part of the British Steel Corporation's policy of phasing out small and uneconomic plants. The rolling mill was transferred to Summerlee Heritage, where it is in store. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
External Reference H78/157/10
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/collection/549209
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