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Glasgow, Halfway, Mill Road
Barrage Balloon Site (Second World War)
Site Name Glasgow, Halfway, Mill Road
Classification Barrage Balloon Site (Second World War)
Alternative Name(s) Clyde Aa Defences; Miners' Institute
Canmore ID 209455
Site Number NS65NE 97
NGR NS 6555 5999
NGR Description NS c.6555 5999
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/209455
- Council South Lanarkshire
- Parish Cambuslang (City Of Glasgow)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District City Of Glasgow
- Former County Lanarkshire
NS65NE 97 c.6555 5999
A barrage balloon mooring site has been identified from a wartime RAF oblique air photograph (No.1 CAM oblique, 6064, flown 13 Ocotber 1942) situated immediately to the W of the Miners' Institute in the village of Halfway. It is not known whether the site has survived in the post-war period.
Information from RCAHMS (DE), February 2002
Field Visit (20 April 2017)
Nothing is now visible in an area occupied by a public park of a World War Two Barrage Balloon anchoring site, which is shown on an RAF photograph (NO. 1 CAM oblique, 6064) taken on 13 October 1942. The site was one of an extensive network that protected the population and industry of central Glasgow and the Clyde from low flying enemy bombers.
Visited by HES, Survey and Recording (ATW, AKK) 20 April 2017.
