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Glasgow, 48 Avenue Street, Howe Machine Works View from NE looking down Fielden Street and Avenue Street

SC 602814

Description Glasgow, 48 Avenue Street, Howe Machine Works View from NE looking down Fielden Street and Avenue Street

Date 6/1967

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

Catalogue Number SC 602814

Category On-line Digital Images

Scope and Content Howe Sewing Machine Works, No 48 Avenue Street, Bridgeton, Glasgow This works was built for the Howe Sewing Machine Co in 1871-3 to designs by A Kennedy, Son & Myles. It was one of the largest factories in Glasgow, and was designed for the mass production of sewing machines. This shows the factory from the north-east, with Fielden Street on the left and Avenue Street to the right. The main range, along Avenue Street, was 74 bays long. The factory occupied the whole of a triangular block. The Howe sewing machine proved less successful than its rival the Singer, which was also made for a time in the east end of Glasgow. The Howe company turned to cycle manufacture, but this too failed. The east range is stiil used for furniture making. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

External Reference H67/290/2B

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/collection/602814

File Format (TIF) Tagged Image File Format bitmap

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Collection Level (551 147) Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland

> Item Level (SC 602814) Glasgow, 48 Avenue Street, Howe Machine Works View from NE looking down Fielden Street and Avenue Street

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