View from SSE showing cupola in foundry yard

Description View from SSE showing cupola in foundry yard

Date 14/5/1971

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

Catalogue Number SC 783249

Category On-line Digital Images

Scope and Content Irvine Iron Works, Gottries Road, Irvine, North Ayrshire This shows part of the foundry yard from the south, with the cupola and its charging platform in front of what was probably the light moulding shop. The building on the right is a former dwelling house, predating the foundry. Note the piles of scrap (right), coke and limestone (left), ready to be charged into the cupola. This foundry closed later in the 1970s, and was acquired by Irvine Development Corporation who demolished it and built new housing on the site, in a traditional style. This foundry was established in 1909 by Henry Brown, and in 1971 belonged to Henry Brown & Co (Irvine) Ltd. It occupied a large area of ground between Harbour Street and Gottries Road. It appears to have been a jobbing foundry, but as no access was allowed into the works, this is not certain. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

External Reference H35/71/45/26

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