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Desk Based Assessment
Date 14 June 2017
Event ID 1024884
Category Recording
Type Desk Based Assessment
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1024884
The Merklands Animals Lairage was situated on the north bank of the River Clyde in the Whiteinch area of Glasgow. It opened in 1907 at a cost to Glasgow Corporation of £86,000 (Riddell 1979: 240-1) to receive stock imported from Ireland and Canada, and it could cope with 2000 cattle and 3000 sheep at any one time. The lairage, at which animals were also slaughtered, is depicted on the 2nd edition of the OS 25-inch map and annotated ‘Merklands Foreign Animals Wharf’ (Lanarkshire 1913, Sheet 006.05). The Clyde Shipping Co. Ltd. also made use of the facilities, which were closed in 1974 and subsequently demolished.
Information from HES Survey and Recording (AMcC) 14 June 2017.
