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View of dispatch spouts beneath silos of 1960 granary block. Digital image of B 3864.

SC 724593

Description View of dispatch spouts beneath silos of 1960 granary block. Digital image of B 3864.

Date 21/2/1989

Catalogue Number SC 724593

Category On-line Digital Images

Copy of B 3864

Scope and Content Dispatch spouts beneath silos of the 1960 granary block, Meadowside Granary, Castlebank Street, Glasgow Meadowside Granary was built for the Clyde Navigation Trust in 1911-3, and further extended in 1936-7 and 1960-7. The 1960s section features grain silos flanked by two tall 'working houses' which contain stairs, machinery and lifts. The granaries closed in 1988 and the area is being redeveloped as Glasgow Harbour, a housing and retail development. This shows the spouts which funnel grain from the silos (containers for corn or cereals) into waiting trucks below the main building. The pulleys which control the flow of grain can be seen at the top of each column. The building above is supported on reinforced concrete pillars, beams and floor slabs. This section of the granary is almost 118m in length and reaches to a height of nine storeys in the 'working houses'. It could store up to 80,000 metric tonnes of grain. The building is situated near the quayside to allow pneumatic suction elevators and belt conveyors to transport grain from ships. The 1960-7 section of this building has been selected as one of Scotland's key 20th-century Modern architectural monuments. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

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