Archaeology Notes

Event ID 703201

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NS46NE 30.00 475 685.

NS46NE 30.01 c. 475 685 Inchinnan Airship Shed

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(Location cited as NS 474 684). Aircraft Factory, built 1916 for William Beardmore and Co. Ltd. This large complex was converted to a rubber factory in the 1930's, and the airship shed, which housed the famous R34, demolished. The largest surviving structure is a tall, 3-bay, steel-framed, brick-clad block.

J R Hume 1976.