Great Cumbrae Island, Barend Street, Millport Gasworks | Canmore

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Gas Works (19th Century) - (20th Century)

Site Name Great Cumbrae Island, Barend Street, Millport Gasworks

Classification Gas Works (19th Century) - (20th Century)

Alternative Name(s) Gas Plant; Kames Street

Canmore ID 40628

Site Number NS15NE 24

NGR NS 1684 5524

NGR Description Centred NS 1684 5524

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/40628

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Great Cumbrae Island, Millport Gasworks
View of meter house; condenser and scrubber in background

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Great Cumbrae Island, Millport Gasworks View of meter house; condenser and scrubber in background

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Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland

1980

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Great Cumbrae Island, Millport Gasworks
View of entrance to gasworks

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Great Cumbrae Island, Millport Gasworks View of entrance to gasworks

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Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland

1980

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Great Cumbrae Island, Millport Gasworks
View of exhauster

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Great Cumbrae Island, Millport Gasworks View of exhauster

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Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland

1980

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Interior.
Detail of retort bench in retort house.

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Interior. Detail of retort bench in retort house.

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9/12/1980

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Great Cumbrae Island, Millport Gasworks
View of scrubber, gasholder in background

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Great Cumbrae Island, Millport Gasworks View of scrubber, gasholder in background

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Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland

1980

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Great Cumbrae Island, Millport Gasworks
View of gasholder

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Great Cumbrae Island, Millport Gasworks View of gasholder

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Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland

1980

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Great Cumbrae Island, Millport Gasworks
General View

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Great Cumbrae Island, Millport Gasworks General View

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Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland

1980

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Great Cumbrae Island, Millport Gasworks
General View

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Great Cumbrae Island, Millport Gasworks General View

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Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland

1980

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Great Cumbrae Island, Millport Gasworks
View of coke quenching

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Great Cumbrae Island, Millport Gasworks View of coke quenching

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Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland

1980

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Detail of Libbsy washer.

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Detail of Libbsy washer.

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9/12/1980

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Detail of purifiers.

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Detail of purifiers.

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9/12/1980

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Interior.
Detail of pit in retort house.

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Interior. Detail of pit in retort house.

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9/12/1980

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Detail of scrubber/washer.

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Detail of scrubber/washer.

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9/12/1980

© RCAHMS

Interior.
Detail of steam boiler retort house.

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Interior. Detail of steam boiler retort house.

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9/12/1980

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Interior.
View from E of retort house.

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Interior. View from E of retort house.

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9/12/1980

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Great Cumbrae Island, Millport Gasworks
General view, scrubber in foreground

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Great Cumbrae Island, Millport Gasworks General view, scrubber in foreground

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Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland

1980

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Great Cumbrae Island, Millport Gasworks
General view, scrubber in foreground

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Great Cumbrae Island, Millport Gasworks General view, scrubber in foreground

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Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland

1980

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Great Cumbrae Island, Millport Gasworks, Retort House; Interior
View of workers loading chambers

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Great Cumbrae Island, Millport Gasworks, Retort House; Interior View of workers loading chambers

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Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland

1980

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Great Cumbrae Island, Millport Gasworks, Retort House; Interior
View of workers loading chambers

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Great Cumbrae Island, Millport Gasworks, Retort House; Interior View of workers loading chambers

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Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland

1980

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Great Cumbrae Island, Barend Street, Millport Gasworks, NS15NE 24, Ordnance Survey index card, Recto

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Great Cumbrae Island, Barend Street, Millport Gasworks, NS15NE 24, Ordnance Survey index card, Recto

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Records of the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, England

c. 1958

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View from SW.

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9/12/1980

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Interior.
Detail of meter in meter hut.

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Interior. Detail of meter in meter hut.

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9/12/1980

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Detail of jar cylinder.

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Detail of jar cylinder.

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9/12/1980

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Great Cumbrae Island, Millport Gasworks
View of new scrubber (unused) and meter house

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Great Cumbrae Island, Millport Gasworks View of new scrubber (unused) and meter house

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Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland

1980

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Great Cumbrae Island, Millport Gasworks, Retort House; Interior
View of workers loading chambers

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Great Cumbrae Island, Millport Gasworks, Retort House; Interior View of workers loading chambers

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Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland

1980

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Great Cumbrae Island, Millport Gasworks, Retort House; Interior
View of workers loading chambers

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Great Cumbrae Island, Millport Gasworks, Retort House; Interior View of workers loading chambers

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Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland

1980

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Great Cumbrae Island, Millport Gasworks
View of purifier bottom boards

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Great Cumbrae Island, Millport Gasworks View of purifier bottom boards

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Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland

1980

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Great Cumbrae Island, Millport Gasworks
View of condenser and scrubbers, meter house in background

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Great Cumbrae Island, Millport Gasworks View of condenser and scrubbers, meter house in background

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Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland

1980

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Great Cumbrae Island, Millport Gasworks
General view from purifiers

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Great Cumbrae Island, Millport Gasworks General view from purifiers

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Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland

1980

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Detail of condenser

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Detail of condenser

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9/12/1980

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Interior.
Detail of exhausters in engine room.

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Interior. Detail of exhausters in engine room.

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9/12/1980

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Interior.
Detail of retort house roof.

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Interior. Detail of retort house roof.

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9/12/1980

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Great Cumbrae Island, Millport Gasworks
View of bothy

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Great Cumbrae Island, Millport Gasworks View of bothy

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Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland

1980

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Great Cumbrae Island, Millport Gasworks, Retort House; Interior
View of workers loading chambers

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Great Cumbrae Island, Millport Gasworks, Retort House; Interior View of workers loading chambers

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Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland

1980

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Great Cumbrae Island, Millport Gasworks
General View

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Great Cumbrae Island, Millport Gasworks General View

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Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland

1980

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Detail of commemorative plate on No.2 gasometer.

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Detail of commemorative plate on No.2 gasometer.

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9/12/1980

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Great Cumbrae Island, Millport Gasworks
View of meter house; condenser and scrubber in background

Great Cumbrae Island, Millport Gasworks
View of entrance to gasworks

Great Cumbrae Island, Millport Gasworks
View of exhauster

Interior.
Detail of retort bench in retort house.

Great Cumbrae Island, Millport Gasworks
View of scrubber, gasholder in background

Great Cumbrae Island, Millport Gasworks
View of gasholder

Great Cumbrae Island, Millport Gasworks
General View

Great Cumbrae Island, Millport Gasworks
General View

Great Cumbrae Island, Millport Gasworks
View of coke quenching

Detail of Libbsy washer.

Detail of purifiers.

Interior.
Detail of pit in retort house.

Detail of scrubber/washer.

Interior.
Detail of steam boiler retort house.

Interior.
View from E of retort house.

Great Cumbrae Island, Millport Gasworks
General view, scrubber in foreground

Great Cumbrae Island, Millport Gasworks
General view, scrubber in foreground

Great Cumbrae Island, Millport Gasworks, Retort House; Interior
View of workers loading chambers

Great Cumbrae Island, Millport Gasworks, Retort House; Interior
View of workers loading chambers

Great Cumbrae Island, Barend Street, Millport Gasworks, NS15NE 24, Ordnance Survey index card, Recto

Interior.
Detail of meter in meter hut.

Detail of jar cylinder.

Great Cumbrae Island, Millport Gasworks
View of new scrubber (unused) and meter house

Great Cumbrae Island, Millport Gasworks, Retort House; Interior
View of workers loading chambers

Great Cumbrae Island, Millport Gasworks, Retort House; Interior
View of workers loading chambers

Great Cumbrae Island, Millport Gasworks
View of purifier bottom boards

Great Cumbrae Island, Millport Gasworks
View of condenser and scrubbers, meter house in background

Great Cumbrae Island, Millport Gasworks
General view from purifiers

Detail of condenser

Interior.
Detail of exhausters in engine room.

Interior.
Detail of retort house roof.

Great Cumbrae Island, Millport Gasworks
View of bothy

Great Cumbrae Island, Millport Gasworks, Retort House; Interior
View of workers loading chambers

Great Cumbrae Island, Millport Gasworks
General View

Detail of commemorative plate on No.2 gasometer.

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Administrative Areas

Council North Ayrshire
Parish Cumbrae
Former Region Strathclyde
Former District Cunninghame
Former County Buteshire

Archaeology Notes

NS15NE 24 centred 1684 5524

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