Glasgow, Duke Street, Parkhead Forge View from SSE showing SW front and part of SE front of office block (101 Shettleston Road)
SC 612963
Description Glasgow, Duke Street, Parkhead Forge View from SSE showing SW front and part of SE front of office block (101 Shettleston Road)
Date c. 1969
Collection Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
Catalogue Number SC 612963
Category On-line Digital Images
Scope and Content Parkhead Forge, Old Shettleston Road, Glasgow This very large works was established in about 1837 by Reoch Brothers to make scrap-iron forged work for engineers and shipbuilders. It subsequently became, under Rigby & Beardmore and W Beardmore & Co Ltd, one of the largest industrial complexes in Britain. This shows the frontage of laboratories built for the company after World War I, probably in about 1920, when it was optimistic about its prospects in the post-war period. On the left can be seen part of a 1950s addition. The firm played a major role in both World Wars, especially in World War I, when it employed over 100,000 in munitions work. After World War II, the company diversified, but eventually retreated into making rolls for steel mills. The works closed in the 1980s and has since been demolished. The building shown is the sole remaining building of the company at June 2008. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
External Reference H69/504/2B
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