Glasgow, 197-199 Pollokshaws Road, St Andrew's Printing Works View of office building, from SW
SC 610607
Description Glasgow, 197-199 Pollokshaws Road, St Andrew's Printing Works View of office building, from SW
Date 1968
Collection Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
Catalogue Number SC 610607
Category On-line Digital Images
Scope and Content St Andrews Electric Power Station, Nos 197-9 Pollokshaws Road, Glasgow This station was built in 1899-1900 for Glasgow Corporation Electricity Department to designs by Andrew Myles, architect. It was built to supply the south side of the city with direct current (DC) electricity. It had railway sidings for the delivery of coal, and wooden cooling towers on the roof. This shows the frontage of the works to Pollokshaws Road, from the north-west, with its offices on the left. The main range housed the generating sets, initially powered by reciprocating steam engines. Some of the windows were bricked up during World War II. This works did not survive the transition to alternating current (AC) as the standard mode for the supply of electric power. It closed in about 1930, and was partly converted into the Corporation's printing and stationery works. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
External Reference H68/461/1B
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