Paisley, MacDowall Street, Caledonia Engineering Works, Interior View looking SW at S end of boiler shop showing hydraulic flanging machine (made by Fielding and Pratt, Gloucester, England)

Description Paisley, MacDowall Street, Caledonia Engineering Works, Interior View looking SW at S end of boiler shop showing hydraulic flanging machine (made by Fielding and Pratt, Gloucester, England)

Date 21/10/1982

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

Catalogue Number SC 574209

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 hydraulic flanging press made by Fielding and Platt, Gloucester. The four small rams above the main hydraulic cylinder were used to raise the large ram, A hot steel plate was formed by the large ram to a curve, between dies. 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 H82/10/12

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