View looking WSW showing locomotive and wagon

Description View looking WSW showing locomotive and wagon

Date 4/5/1970

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

Catalogue Number SC 718238

Category On-line Digital Images

Scope and Content Tradeston Gasworks, No 95 Kilbirnie Street, Glasgow This gas works was originally built in 1835-39 by the Glasgow Gas Light Co. It was taken over by Glasgow Corporation Gas Department in 1869 and rebuilt and enlarged. Between 1946 and 1955 it was substantially rebuilt, but parts of earlier rebuildings survived. This shows a locomotive and wagon being used to dispose of spent oxide from the purifiers. The wagon is of the hopper type, with bottom doors which can be opened to discharge its load. The tiny locomotive came from Paisley Gas Works when it closed in 1965. Tradeston continued in operation until the late 1960s, and was still intact in 1970. It was the last of Glasgow's coal-gas works to operate. It was demolished in the early 1970s, apart from its large gas holders which were retained to store natural gas. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

External Reference H35/70/15/12

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/collection/718238

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