Glasgow, 179 Ayr Street, Springburn District Library And Museum
Library (20th Century), Museum (20th Century)
Site Name Glasgow, 179 Ayr Street, Springburn District Library And Museum
Classification Library (20th Century), Museum (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Atlas Road; Atlas Square; Vulcan Street
Canmore ID 163328
Site Number NS66NW 165
NGR NS 60512 67635
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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View of plaque to left of entrance which states "ATLAS AQUARE 1988:built in the year of the GLASGOW GARDEN FESTIVAL named by Margaret Welsh age 10, David McKay age 10, Louise Rae age 11, Springburn children opened on June 6th 1988 by Tom Weir MBE local born broadcaster & writer"
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View of statue "Heritage and Hope" by Vincent Butler from SW
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Detail of main entrance with "ERECTED MCMIV" above pediment and "PUBLIC LIBRARY" below from ESE
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Interior. View of inner vestibule showing front of check-out kiosk
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Interior. View of junior library
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Detail of door pediment with "ERECTED MCMIV" above and "PUBLIC LIBRARY" below with lantern
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View of plaque to right of entrance which states "SPRINGBURN-HERITAGE-TRAIL SPRINGBURN LIBRARY AND MUSEUM This Library was donated in 1906 by Dr Andrew Carnegie, on land given by Neilson, Reid & Co. of the Hyde Park Works. Springburn Museum opened in 1986. Architect: William B. Whitie"
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Detail of main entrance with "ERECTED MCMIV" above pediment and "PUBLIC LIBRARY" below from ESE
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View of Atlas Square from WNW with statue in distance
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Interior. View of window
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View of plaque to right of entrance which states "SPRINGBURN-HERITAGE-TRAIL SPRINGBURN LIBRARY AND MUSEUM This Library was donated in 1906 by Dr Andrew Carnegie, on land given by Neilson, Reid & Co. of the Hyde Park Works. Springburn Museum opened in 1986. Architect: William B. Whitie"
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
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View of Hyde Park Locomotives Work, Flemington Street, Glasgow, from W showing main entrance on Ayr Street of Hyde Park Locomotive Works with Springburn District Library and the Vulcan Hall on left.
Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
26/6/1966
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Interior. View of inner vestibule showing front of check-out kiosk
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Interior. View of outer vestibule
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Interior. Junior library, view of Rain Forest mural with "that very night in the library a forest grew and grew until the walls became the forest all around" under
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Interior. Detail of plaque with "THIS ROOM IS DEDICATED TO JAMES REID 1823-1894 LOCOMOTIVE MANUFACTURER AND PHILANTHROPIST"
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View of statue "Heritage and Hope" by Vincent Butler from W
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View of statue "Heritage and Hope" by Vincent Butler from NW
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Interior. Junior library, view of Rain Forest mural with "that very night in the library a forest grew and grew until the walls became the forest all around" under
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Interior. Detail of plaque with "THIS ROOM IS DEDICATED TO JAMES REID 1823-1894 LOCOMOTIVE MANUFACTURER AND PHILANTHROPIST"
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View of statue "Heritage and Hope" by Vincent Butler from W
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Interior. Main room, view of kiosk
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Interior. View of ceiling and skylight
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Detail of door pediment with "ERECTED MCMIV" above and "PUBLIC LIBRARY" below with lantern
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View of plaque to left of entrance which states "ATLAS AQUARE 1988:built in the year of the GLASGOW GARDEN FESTIVAL named by Margaret Welsh age 10, David McKay age 10, Louise Rae age 11, Springburn children opened on June 6th 1988 by Tom Weir MBE local born broadcaster & writer"
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View of Atlas Square from SW
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Interior. Junior library, view of Rain Forest mural with "that very night in the library a forest grew and grew until the walls became the forest all around" under
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Interior. View of outer vestibule
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Interior. Main room, view of kiosk
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Interior. View of museum from N
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View of statue "Heritage and Hope" by Vincent Butler from NW
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View of Atlas Square from WNW with statue in distance
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Interior. Main room, view of kiosk
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Interior. View of inner vestibule showing front of check-out kiosk
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Detail of decorative urn above entrance portal
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- Council Glasgow, City Of
- Parish Glasgow (City Of Glasgow)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District City Of Glasgow
- Former County Lanarkshire
Springburn Library & Museum, 179 Ayr Street, 1902, William B Whitie
Edwardian Baroque, top-lit single-storey red ashlar with baluster parapet, Ionic entrance, round-arched doorway.
Taken from "Greater Glasgow: An Illustrated Architectural Guide", by Sam Small, 2008. Published by the Rutland Press http://www.rias.org.uk
