Glasgow, 121 Salamanca Street, Phoenix Cabinet Works View from SW showing timber sheds at rear
SC 603393
Description Glasgow, 121 Salamanca Street, Phoenix Cabinet Works View from SW showing timber sheds at rear
Date 9/7/1967
Collection Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
Catalogue Number SC 603393
Category On-line Digital Images
Scope and Content Phoenix Cabinet Works, No 121 Salamanca Street and No 30 Nisbet Street, Glasgow This works was established in about 1896 by Crichton & Mooney, cabinetmakers and upholsterers. It was a large works of its kind, with extensive timber storage at the rear. The firm previously had a works in Abercromby Street, Bridgeton. This shows the works from the south-west, with the open-sided timber store at the rear. It is a neat building, the chamfered corner being an unusual feature. The buildings in the background are part of Beardmore's Parkhead Forge. By 1967 this works was being used by the Fyfe Douglas Co Ltd for the manufacture of coffins and caskets. They were one of two major firms of coffin makers in the city, the other being Cormie & Co, of Drumoyne. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
External Reference H67/294/2C
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