Interior View showing man tapping cupola
SC 784875
Description Interior View showing man tapping cupola
Date 30/3/1971
Collection Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
Catalogue Number SC 784875
Category On-line Digital Images
Scope and Content Cornton Foundry, Cornton Road, Bridge of Allan, Stirling This shows the cupola being tapped into a ladle suspended from an overhead crane. The ladle is a two-man one, steadied and tilted during pouring by the handles on either side. The shaft of the cupola is on the other side of the corrugated iron wall. In 1971 this foundry was still owned by a Mr Davie, who ran it with two employees, who moulded for a fortnight, then poured all the moulds at once. Most of the output was sold to Perth County Council and to Stirling Town Council. The foundry has since closed and been demolished. This foundry was built in 1940-2 by James Davie & Sons, iron founders and engineers, who had a foundry in the centre of Stirling where they made architectural castings and agricultural implements. The new foundry was built to make castings for the war effort. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
External Reference H35/71/21/1
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