View from W showing WNW and SSW fronts of goods shed

Description View from W showing WNW and SSW fronts of goods shed

Date 31/10/1965

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

Catalogue Number SC 664416

Category On-line Digital Images

Scope and Content Possil Station, Balmore Road, Glasgow This station was opened in 1897 by the Lanarkshire & Dumbartonshire Railway as part of a northern loop line from Balornock to Maryhill intended for mineral traffic and for a suburban passenger service which never prospered owing to the electrification of the Glasgow tramways in 1901-2. This shows the goods shed, on the south side of the station. The awning on the left side protected goods in transit between road and rail. The retaining wall in the background supported Balmore Road. The vehicle on the left of the photograph was a type of small car supplied to disabled people in the 1960s. This station closed to passengers in 1908, but was reopened in 1934, closing again in 1964. The street front building and this former goods shed were still standing in 2002, though in poor condition. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

External Reference H35/65/26/23

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/collection/664416

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