View from ESE showing part of NE front of central (W) block with central block on right

Description View from ESE showing part of NE front of central (W) block with central block on right

Date 1969

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

Catalogue Number SC 710304

Category On-line Digital Images

Scope and Content Old Foundry, Lugiebank Road, Kirkintilloch, East Dunbartonshire The Forth and Clyde Canal reached Kirkintilloch in the early 1770s, and was completed though to Maryhill in 1775. Kirkintilloch became very much a canal village, with foundries in particular drawing supplies of pig-iron and coke via the canal, and sending the castings out in the same way. This shows the oldest parts of the Old Foundry. The buildings seen here appear to date from the mid-19th century. On the left is one of the two main ranges, presumably originally moulding shops, and on the right is the side wall of an engine-house at the end of the other main range. This foundry was the first of several in the town, of which the Lion and the Star were the largest. The Lion lasted into the 1970s. All have now been demolished, and a relief road now crosses the site of this one. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

External Reference H35/69/32/15

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/collection/710304

File Format (TIF) Tagged Image File Format bitmap