View from SSE showing part of SW fronts of workshops

Description View from SSE showing part of SW fronts of workshops

Date 1/2/71

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

Catalogue Number SC 774094

Category On-line Digital Images

Scope and Content Lion Foundry, Eastside, Kirkintilloch, East Dunbartonshire This shows the east side of the main range of moulding shops, from the north-east, giving some idea of the scale of this large foundry. The moulding shops had limited roof glazing, as the foundrymen judged the right temperature of the molten metal by eye, not possible with intense natural light. The Lion Foundry gained a high reputation for its architectural ironwork, notably bandstands and cast iron building front panels, popular in inter-war buildings It was making telephone kiosks and counterweights for forklift trucks in 1971. It has since closed and been demolished. This large foundry was established in about 1880 by three foremen from the Saracen Foundry in Glasgow, which was world-renowned for the scale and quality of its output of architectural iron castings. The new foundry was next to Kirkintilloch railway station, and had a wharf on the Forth & Clyde Canal. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

External Reference H35/71/6/25

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