Glasgow, 177 Reid Street, Barrowfield Spinning Factory General View
SC 591203
Description Glasgow, 177 Reid Street, Barrowfield Spinning Factory General View
Date 27/3/1967
Collection Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
Catalogue Number SC 591203
Category On-line Digital Images
Scope and Content Barrowfield Spinning Mill, No 177 Reid Street, Glasgow Built c.1846 for Peter Bogle & Co, this mill was one of the last cotton-spinning mills to be built during the heyday of the industry in Glasgow. Its design was notably plain and utilitarian, with no ornamentation to its brickwork. This shows the five-storeyed mill from the west. The water tower was added in 1884, probably to serve a sprinkler system for fire control. The flat-roofed extension in front may well have been a remodelling of an earlier structure. This complex was still in use in 1967, as a hosiery works, by the Scottish Hosiery Co, and was well-kept. It has, however, since been demolished and the site redeveloped. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
External Reference H67/173/1C
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