Glasgow, 25-27 Cook Street, Eglinton Engine Works
Engineering Works (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Glasgow, 25-27 Cook Street, Eglinton Engine Works
Classification Engineering Works (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) 120 Tradeston Street; 181-183 West Street; Smith Mirlees
Canmore ID 44233
Site Number NS56SE 102
NGR NS 58306 64279
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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General view from N showing WNW front (West Street front) of works
Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
1965
© HES. Reproduced courtesy of J R Hume
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View from N showing WNW front of paint mill with dyeworks and paint factory in foreground and engine works in background
Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
7/1968
© HES. Reproduced courtesy of J R Hume
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View from E showing NNE front and part of ESE front of stable with engine works in background
Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
8/1968
© HES. Reproduced courtesy of J R Hume
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Interior. View of S wall of heavy machine shop (c.1868)
RCAHMS digital photography
30/10/2006
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Interior. View of original wooden door to light machine shop (former boiler shop) and fenestration
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30/10/2006
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View of S wall of light machine shop (former boiler shop)
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30/10/2006
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Glasgow, Cook Street, Eglinton Engine Works, interior. General view of machine shop from East.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
19/5/1988
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Glasgow, Cook Street, Eglinton Engine Works, interior. General view across machine shops from South.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
19/5/1988
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Glasgow, Cook Street, Eglinton Engine Works, interior. General view of pattern shop from South.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
19/5/1988
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Glasgow, Cook Street, Eglinton Engine Works, interior. Detail of Butler horizontal boring mill in fitting area.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
19/5/1988
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Glasgow, Cook Street, Eglinton Engine Works, interior. General view of Richmonds horizontal borer.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
19/5/1988
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Glasgow, Cook Street, Eglinton Engine Works, interior. General view of Kearney-Trecker Milwaukee machine.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
19/5/1988
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Glasgow, Cook Street, Eglinton Engine Works, interior. General view of long lathe.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
19/5/1988
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SC 2537795
Glasgow, Cook Street, Eglinton Engine Works, interior. General view of completed rota-continuous centrifugal machines.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
19/5/1988
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Interior. Heavy machine shop (former erecting shop) from E showing N brick aisle wall and extent of dismantling in advance of conversion
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30/10/2006
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Interior. View of heavy machine shop roof structure
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Interior. View of light machine shop (former boiler shop) from NE. Original wooden door and arched window arrangment visible
RCAHMS digital photography
30/10/2006
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Interior. View from SW through the pierced arch walls of the light and heavy machine shops
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30/10/2006
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View of king-post roof timber framing outside light machine shop (formerly boiler shop) removed during work
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30/10/2006
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View of S wall of light machine shop (former boiler shop), heavy machine shop and stone ashlar range to the N
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30/10/2006
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View of West Street elevation showing boiler house with fanlight (c.1855) and original pattern making department on the ground floor, pattern stores on floors above of the 9 bay brick building with the later blocked archway entrance
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30/10/2006
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View showing the N gable of the converted stone ashlar range and the open courtyard and machine shops beyond
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30/10/2006
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View from SE of brick-built rear elevation of converted Cook Street range
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Glasgow, Cook Street, Eglinton Engine Works, interior. General view of machine shop from East.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
19/5/1988
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Glasgow, Cook Street, Eglinton Engine Works, interior. General view of pattern store from North.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
19/5/1988
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Glasgow, Cook Street, Eglinton Engine Works, interior. General view of machined cast-steel rolls for sugar mills.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
19/5/1988
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SC 2537794
Glasgow, Cook Street, Eglinton Engine Works, interior. General view of rota-continuous centrifugal machines outer casting.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
19/5/1988
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View of corner of West street and Cook Street elevations from the NW
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View of Cook Street elevation showig ashlar stone range wwhich house the original fitting shop and later the machine shop. This has been converted into private use.
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30/10/2006
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View from E of courtyard area (formerly N side of fitting shop) looking towards the former smithy, pattern shop and stores and rear of the converted Cook Street range (right). Note the stanchions and and gantry of the heavy machine shop (now removed) which have been maintained as a feature
RCAHMS digital photography
30/10/2006
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Oblique aerial view centred on the works, taken from the NW.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital
8/9/2006
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Glasgow, Cook Street, Eglinton Engine Works. General view of main entrance from North-East.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
19/5/1988
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Glasgow, Cook Street, Eglinton Engine Works, interior. Detail of heating panels and cast-iron columns (building frame) in North fitting shops.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
19/5/1988
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Glasgow, Cook Street, Eglinton Engine Works, interior. General view of various cones and rings for sugar processing machinery.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
19/5/1988
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Glasgow, Cook Street, Eglinton Engine Works, interior. General view of Avery balancing machine in operation, testing centrifugal basket.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
19/5/1988
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Glasgow, Cook Street, Eglinton Engine Works View from NW showing WNW and NNE fronts of 1855 block
Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
17/8/1967
© HES. Reproduced courtesy of J R Hume
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View of gates in N wall of heavy machine shop lokoing towards former light engineering erecting shop (now open courtyard area)
RCAHMS digital photography
30/10/2006
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Interior. View of heavy machine shop (former erecting shop) from E with its king-post roof of c. 1874-5
RCAHMS digital photography
30/10/2006
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General oblique aerial view of Tradeston centred on the warehouses, works and housing, taken from the NNE.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital
8/9/2006
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General oblique aerial view centred on the works, taken from the W.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital
8/9/2006
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Glasgow, Cook Street, Eglinton Engine Works. eneral view of light machine shop from West.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
19/5/1988
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Glasgow, Cook Street, Eglinton Engine Works. General view of light machine shop from West.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
19/5/1988
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Glasgow, Cook Street, Eglinton Engine Works, interior. General view of pattern store from North.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
19/5/1988
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Glasgow, Cook Street, Eglinton Engine Works, interior. General view of first fitting shop from East (including completed Centrifugal sugar mills).
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
19/5/1988
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SC 2537789
Glasgow, Cook Street, Eglinton Engine Works, interior. General voew of unmachined cast-steel rolls for sugar mills.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
19/5/1988
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Glasgow, Cook Street, Eglinton Engine Works, interior. Detail of Crawford Swift centre lathe - machining cast-steel roll for sugar mill.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
19/5/1988
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Glasgow, Cook Street, Eglinton Engine Works, interior. Detail of fluted rolls for sugar mills.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
19/5/1988
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View of brick-arched former internal walls of the heavy machine shop (former erecting shop). Note oculi with iron rail above the relieving arches (some pierced)
RCAHMS digital photography
30/10/2006
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View of former internal pierced brick-arched internal walls of the former heavy engineering shop at the Eglinton Engine Works.
RCAHMS digital photography
30/10/2006
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Interior. View of light machine shop (former boiler shop) from E with its king-post roof of c. 1874-5
RCAHMS digital photography
30/10/2006
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Interior. View of light machine shop (former boiler shop) roof
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30/10/2006
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View of S wall of light machine shop (former boiler shop), heavy machine shop and stone ashlar range to the N
RCAHMS digital photography
30/10/2006
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General oblique aerial view of Tradeston centred on the warehouses, works and housing, taken from the ENE.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital
8/9/2006
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General oblique aerial view of Tradeston centred on the warehouses, works and housing, taken from the ENE.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital
8/9/2006
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Oblique aerial view centred on the works, taken from the NNE.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital
8/9/2006
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SC 2537781
Glasgow, Cook Street, Eglinton Engine Works, interior. Detail of cast-iron columns and wooden struts in North fitting shops
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
19/5/1988
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Glasgow, Cook Street, Eglinton Engine Works, interior. General view of vertical oldhouse patient - function unknown.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
19/5/1988
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SC 2537791
Glasgow, Cook Street, Eglinton Engine Works, interior. Detail of Crawford Swift centre lathe - machining cast-steel roll for sugar mill.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
19/5/1988
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Glasgow, Cook Street, Eglinton Engine Works, interior. General view from joiners shop from West.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
19/5/1988
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Glasgow, Cook Street, Eglinton Engine Works, interior. General view of toothed plates from sugar roller mill.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
19/5/1988
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Glasgow, Cook Street, Eglinton Engine Works, interior. Detail of thrust bolt finishing.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
19/5/1988
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 659140
View from NW showing WNW and NNE fronts of 1855 block
Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
1965
© HES. Reproduced courtesy of J R Hume
SC 733586
General view from NNW showing WNW front (West Street front) and NNE front (Cook Street front)
Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
14/7/1970
© HES. Reproduced courtesy of J R Hume
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Interior. View of light machine shop (former boiler shop) from Eshowing S wall parapet oculi, and roof structure during conversion work
RCAHMS digital photography
30/10/2006
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View of S wall of light machine shop (former boiler shop), heavy machine shop and stone ashlar range to the N
RCAHMS digital photography
30/10/2006
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View of Cook Street elevation. This range has been converted.
RCAHMS digital photography
30/10/2006
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View from E of modern courtyard area (originally a small open courtyard, subsequently roofed over to extend machine shop) looking towards West Street range (former smithy, pattern shop and stores). Crane stanchions of heavy machine shop have been retained as a feature
RCAHMS digital photography
30/10/2006
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General oblique aerial view of Tradeston centred on the warehouses, works and housing, taken from the ESE.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital
8/9/2006
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Oblique aerial view of the M74 extension going through the Port Eglinton area to the M74 centred on the Eglinton Street goods station, taken from the WSW.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital
12/2/2010
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Glasgow, Cook Street, Eglinton Engine Works, interior. General view across machine shops from South.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
19/5/1988
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SC 2537782
Glasgow, Cook Street, Eglinton Engine Works, interior. General view of Crawford Swift centre lathe in heavy in heavy machine shop.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
19/5/1988
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SC 2537799
Glasgow, Cook Street, Eglinton Engine Works, interior. General view of basket for rota continuous centrifugal machine.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
19/5/1988
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SC 2537800
Glasgow, Cook Street, Eglinton Engine Works, interior. Detail of Avery balancing machine in operation, testing centrifugal basket.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
19/5/1988
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Glasgow, Cook Street, Eglinton Engine Works. General view from North-West. Digital image of A/56552.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
19/5/1988
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Glasgow, Cook Street, Eglinton Engine Works, interior. General view of wooden roof trusses in heavy machine shop. Digital image of A/56567.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
19/5/1988
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View of rear of West Street range (c.1855) of former smithy and boiler shop (ground) floor with pattern shop and pattern stores on floors above
RCAHMS digital photography
30/10/2006
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Interior. View of light machine shop (former boiler shop) from E showing roof structure (slates removed)showing sarking and king-post structure
RCAHMS digital photography
30/10/2006
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Interior. View of light machine shop (former boiler shop) from E. Original wooden door and arched window arrangment visible
RCAHMS digital photography
30/10/2006
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View of brick S wall , arches and oculi
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30/10/2006
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View from SW of West Street frontage and exposed S wall
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30/10/2006
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View of Cook Street elevation. This range has been converted, with open coutryard and machine shops beyond.
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30/10/2006
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Oblique aerial view of Tradeston centred on the warehouses and Eglinton Engine works, taken from the ESE.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital
8/9/2006
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General oblique aerial view centred on the works, taken from the WSW.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital
8/9/2006
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Glasgow, Cook Street, Eglinton Engine Works. Oblique aerial view.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography
1988
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Glasgow, 25-27 Cook Street, Eglinton Engine Works, NS56SE 102, Ordnance Survey index card, Recto
Records of the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, England
1958
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Glasgow, Cook Street, Eglinton Engine Works, interior. General view of pattern store from North.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
19/5/1988
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SC 2537779
Glasgow, Cook Street, Eglinton Engine Works, interior. Detail of wooden roof trusses in heavy machine shop.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
19/5/1988
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Glasgow, Cook Street, Eglinton Engine Works, interior. General view of slotting machine.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
19/5/1988
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Interior. View of heavy machine shop (former erecting shop) from W with its brick arcades and oculi on the N side parapet (c.1868)
RCAHMS digital photography
30/10/2006
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Interior. View of king-post timber roof, heavy machine shop (former erecting shop)
RCAHMS digital photography
30/10/2006
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Interior. Heavy machine shop (former erecting shop) from E showing brick arcades with relieving arches (some pierced), king-post timber roof structure and N wall with oculi in parapet
RCAHMS digital photography
30/10/2006
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Interior. View of roof structure
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30/10/2006
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View of the light machine shop (formerly boiler shop)
RCAHMS digital photography
30/10/2006
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View of West Street elevation from NW showing heavy machine shop (former erecting shop, left c. 1866-8) and light machine shop (former boiler shop (l, right, mid 1870s) with original timber door). Note the windows with dressed stone margins and keystones
RCAHMS digital photography
30/10/2006
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View of light and heavy machine shops from NE
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30/10/2006
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View from E of open courtyard and rear of brick-built West Street range (former pattern shop and stores)
RCAHMS digital photography
30/10/2006
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Glasgow, Cook Street, Eglinton Engine Works, interior. General view of light machine shop from East.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
19/5/1988
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Glasgow, Cook Street, Eglinton Engine Works, interior. General view of eastern "thro'way" Bay from North.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
19/5/1988
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Glasgow, Cook Street, Eglinton Engine Works, interior. General view of fabricated and fitting areas from South-East.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
19/5/1988
© Crown Copyright: HES
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Eglinton Engine Works, 25-27 Cook Street, c.1855
Fitting shop for A & W Smith & Co., Sugar Machine Manufacturers. Composite structural frame, originally cast-iron columns with timber beams and flooring, wrought-iron riveted replacement beams in the three-storey masonry block fronting Cook Street. Large door opposite tall gantried fitting shop, now blocked. Cook Street commemorates James Cook, the earliest sugar machine manufacturer, who used beam engines to power sugar mills in 1815. 181 West Street, single-storey brick engine house, c.1860. 183 West Street, c.1860. Brick four-storey patternmaking, fitting and fabrication shops.
Taken from "Greater Glasgow: An Illustrated Architectural Guide", by Sam Small, 2008. Published by the Rutland Press http://www.rias.org.uk
NS56SE 102 58306 64279
'...built from c.1855 for A & W Smith & Co, general engineers, and subsequently greatly extended. The 1855 block is three storeys high, 4 by 17 bay, ashlar, with margins round the windows. It has a large arched doorway, now bricked up, while some of the windows have cast-iron frames. The interior has wooden floors on cast-iron columns. The later additions include 3 wide bays of workshops, with wooden roof trusses, and a four storey, 9 bay red and white brick block of stores and workshops.'
J R Hume 1974
The company of Smith Mirlees ceased manufacturing activities in February 1988, and now works on a sub-contracting basis. The buildings ('A' listed in parts) have been sold and leased back to Smith Mirlees. The offices will remain in use by the company but the long term future of the factory itself is uncertain. On 19 May 1988 it still contained all machine tools and a skeleton staff of 6 were finishing outstanding jobs and part contracts.
Visited by RCAHMS (MKO) 19 May 1988
See Architecture (TBS photographs, 1988)
Standing Building Recording (2011)
A large engine work complex established in 1855 on Cook Street and West Street (Illus 47.1). Includes, on Cook Street, a 3-storey 4 by 17-bay ashlar fitting shop and a 3-storey former lodge. On West Street, a 1 bay 1 storey engine house.
Headland Archaeology 2011
