Paisley, MacDowall Street, Caledonia Engineering Works, Interior View of boiler shop looking S showing horizontal edge planing machine which is made by James Bennie and Son, Glasgow

Description Paisley, MacDowall Street, Caledonia Engineering Works, Interior View of boiler shop looking S showing horizontal edge planing machine which is made by James Bennie and Son, Glasgow

Date 21/10/1982

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

Catalogue Number SC 574179

Category On-line Digital Images

Scope and Content Caledonia Engineering Works, McDowall Street, Paisley, Renfrewshire (Renfrewshire council area) This was a general engineering works founded in 1868 by AF Craig. It incorporated a foundry and boiler works, and developed various specialities, including plant for the shale-oil and petroleum industries, sugar machinery, and carpet looms. This view shows a horizontal plate-edge planing machine made by James Bennie and Son, Glasgow, used to prepare the edges of plates for welding. Note the riveted steel top beam, a late feature. The device on wheels was a welding transformer. The works closed in 1982, and has since been dismantled. It was the last large engineering works in Paisley. It contained a number of Scottish-made tools, some of which have been preserved at the Scottish Maritime Museum, Irvine. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

External Reference H82/9/1

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/collection/574179

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