Glasgow, Carlisle Street, Cowlairs Works General View

Description Glasgow, Carlisle Street, Cowlairs Works General View

Date 1968

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

Catalogue Number SC 608929

Category On-line Digital Images

Scope and Content Cowlairs Works, Carlisle Street, Glasgow This works was founded in 1842 by the Edinburgh & Glasgow Railway as their Glasgow locomotive sheds and maintenance works. After the North British Railway absorbed the Edinburgh & Glasgow Railway in 1865 it developed the works as its central workshops, moving the locomotive shed to Eastfield in 1904. This shows the east front of part of the iron foundry. There were another three bays to the left, of which one was the brass foundry. The brick gable is dated 1909. Note the roof-ridge ventilator, a characteristic feature of foundries, used to dispel the fumes when castings were being poured. As well as making parts for the construction of locomotives and rolling stock, the foundry made such consumable parts as brake blocks and firebars, which had a limited life, and also made architectural components for railway buildings. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

External Reference H68/451/2A

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/collection/608929

File Format (TIF) Tagged Image File Format bitmap