View from NNW showing NW and NE fronts of central (W) block

Description View from NNW showing NW and NE fronts of central (W) block

Date 1969

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

Catalogue Number SC 710308

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 old moulding-shop range. The character of the building suggests that it may have been built in the 1840s or earlier. The round-headed doorway nearest to the end has a cast iron fanlight apparently of a date consistent with the character of the building. 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 H35/69/32/19

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/collection/710308

File Format (TIF) Tagged Image File Format bitmap