Glasgow, 1037-1071 South Street, Mechan And Sons
Iron Works (20th Century)
Site Name Glasgow, 1037-1071 South Street, Mechan And Sons
Classification Iron Works (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Scotstoun Ironworks; John Young And Co
Canmore ID 176533
Site Number NS56NW 255
NGR NS 5289 6726
NGR Description from NS 5271 6719 to NS 5308 6726
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/176533
- Council Glasgow, City Of
- Parish Glasgow (City Of Glasgow)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District City Of Glasgow
- Former County Lanarkshire
NS56NW 255 5289 6726 (from 5271 6719 to 5308 6726)
Incorporates information from cancelled site NS56NW 264
Built from c. 1900 for Mechen and Sons, engineers and contractors. A large, scattered, group of one, two and three storey brick buildings, with 8 bays of single storey steel-framed, corrugated-iron clad workshops. The buildings facing South Street are a two storey, 11 bay; two storey, 18 bay; modern four storey block; one storey, 9 bay; two storey, 11 bay; one storey (mutilated); and modern two storey blocks.
John Hume 1974.
Desk Based Assessment (21 August 2017)
Located on the north bank of the Clyde, Scotstoun Ironworks was built in 1900 for engineering firm Mechan and Sons. The firm was founded in 1862 by Arthur Mechan and was initially located at Cranstonhill before the Scotstoun works were built on a 20 acre site to the west of Scotstoun Shipbuilding Yard (NS56NW 526). Whitaker’s 1914 Red Book of Commerce records the firm as General Engineers, whose specialities included Marine, Gold Mining, Water, Cyanide and Sugar Plants. In 1914 they employed 1700 workers. Photographed by Professor Hume in 1971, the Ironworks have since been demolished and the site is now occupied by an asphalt mixing plant and a bus depot (First Glasgow, Scotstoun Depot).
Information from HES Survey and Recording (AMcC) 21 August 2017.
