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Hallside Steelworks

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

Site Name Hallside Steelworks

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

Alternative Name(s) Hallside, Steel Works; The Steel Company Of Scotland Ltd

Canmore ID 78338

Site Number NS66SE 29

NGR NS 6653 6021

NGR Description centred on NS 6653 6021

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/78338

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Hallside Steelworks
View showing wharf crane, said to be ex Grangemouth, Ransomes and Rapier 1917
Hallside Steelworks
View showing wharf crane, said to be ex Grangemouth, Ransomes and Rapier 1917Hallside Steelworks, Interior
View showing pit sideHallside Steelworks, Interior
View showing vacuum degasser which is about to startHallside Steelworks, Interior
View showing vacuum degasser which is in operationHallside Steelworks, Interior
View of boiler shop showing circle burning machineHallside Steelworks, Interior
View of engineers' shop showing Loudon planning machine (incomplete)Hallside Steelworks, Interior
View showing Marshall and Anderson vertical boilerHallside Steelworks, Interior
View showing cogging mill (old housing)Hallside Steelworks, Interior
View showing billet shearHallside Steelworks, Interior
View showing turntable for cogged ingotsHallside Steelworks, Interior
View showing roll-turning lathe, 'piano' restHallside Steelworks, Interior
View looking along mill bayHallside Steelworks, Interior
View of power station with finishing mill motor in centreHallside Steelworks, Interior
View of foundry showing dressing shopHallside Steelworks, Interior
View of foundry showing Anderson Grice craneOblique aerial view.Hallside Steelworks
View showing fume treatment plantHallside Steelworks, Interior
View showing vacuum degasser which is in operationHallside Steelworks, Interior
View of boiler shop showing craneHallside Steelworks, Interior
View of smithy showing steam hammerHallside Steelworks, Interior
View showing cogging mill (old housing)Hallside Steelworks, Interior
View showing bar straightening machine, Crow, Hamilton and Company LimitedHallside Steelworks, Interior
View of 'Ash Store' showing mill drive for cogging mill, Davy Brothers, Sheffield, 1927Oblique aerial view.Hallside Steelworks, Interior
View showing electric arc furnace (120 ton)Hallside Steelworks, Interior
View showing mill bay from soaking pitsHallside Steelworks, Interior
View of engineers' shop showing circa 1930 Reed Prentice (Worcester Mass) milling machine 17302Hallside Steelworks, Interior
View showing Wee Chieftain vertical boilerHallside Steelworks, Interior
View showing Clyde fuel oil pump and preheater with air compressor in backgroundHallside Steelworks, Interior
View of bar mill showing finishing standHallside Steelworks, Interior
View showing Headstock, roll-turning lathe, Murray and PatersonHallside Steelworks, Interior
View showing foremens' rowsHallside Steelworks, Interior
View showing bar straightening machine, Crow, Hamilton and Company LimitedHallside Steelworks, Interior
View of foundry showing cranesHallside Steelworks, Interior
View of old joiners' shop showing mortising machine, Mackay, Barley and Heys, GlasgowOblique aerial view.Hallside Steelworks, Interior
View showing charging machineHallside Steelworks
View showing wharf crane, said to be ex Grangemouth, Ransomes and Rapier 1917Hallside Steelworks, Interior
View showing electricians' shop (ex power station)Hallside Steelworks, Interior
View showing air compressorHallside Steelworks, Interior
View showing tractor taking ingot from soaking pit to cogging millHallside Steelworks, Interior
View of foundry showing annealing furnaceHallside Steelworks, Interior
View of foundry showing Tilghmann shot blasting equipmentHallside Steelworks, Interior
View of old joiner's shop showing wooden leg vicesHallside Steelworks
View showing fume treatment plantHallside Steelworks, Interior
View of smithy showing steam hammerHallside Steelworks, Interior
View of foundry showing craneHallside Steelworks, Interior
View of 'Ash Store' showing Urquhart Lindsay, Robertson Orchar Limited planning machineHallside Steelworks, Interior
View of old joiners' shop showing Oliver bandsaw, Grand RapidsHallside Steelworks
View showing pattern-shop/joiners' shopHallside Steelworks, Interior
View showing pit sideHallside Steelworks, Interior
View showing electric arc furnace (120 ton)Hallside Steelworks, Interior
View showing trolley for ladle route to foundryHallside Steelworks, Interior
View showing vacuum degasser which is in operationHallside Steelworks, Interior
View showing tap side of 120 ton electric arc furnaceHallside Steelworks, Interior
View of boiler shop showing buff (ex foundry), Luke and Spence Limited, Broadheath, Manchester M 14593Hallside Steelworks, Interior
View showing roll-turning lathe, old type tool restHallside Steelworks, Interior
View from cogging mill end showing Ilger set (5 rotor)Hallside Steelworks, Interior
View of foundry showing stoveHallside Steelworks, Interior
View of old joiners' shop showing Loudon Brothers wood-turning latheHallside Steelworks, Interior
View showing old open hearth melting shopHallside Steelworks, Interior
View showing vacuum degasserHallside Steelworks
General view of works with mill on leftHallside Steelworks, Interior
View of smithy showing fireHallside Steelworks, Interior
View of smithy showing Massey air hammerHallside Steelworks, Interior
View showing Marshall and Anderson vertical boilerHallside Steelworks, Interior
View of cogging mill showing motor, Elecric Construction Company Limited, 'about 40 years old'Hallside Steelworks, Interior
View of foundry showing one of main baysHallside Steelworks, Interior
View showing ground floor of old pattern shopHallside Steelworks, Interior
View of 'Ash Store' showing Ruston and Hornsby shunters numbers 1 and 2Hallside Steelworks
View showing officesHallside Steelworks, Interior
View showing electric arc furnace (120 ton)Hallside Steelworks, Interior
View showing electric arc furnace (120 ton)Hallside Steelworks, Interior
View showing soaking pit which is openHallside Steelworks, Interior
View of boiler showing Clifton and Baird cold sawHallside Steelworks, Interior
View of engineers' shop showing circa 1930 Reed Prentice (Worcester Mass) milling machine 17302Hallside Steelworks, Interior
View showing cogging mill (old housing)Hallside Steelworks, Interior
View showing cogging millHallside Steelworks
View showing offices, new joiners' shop and 'Ash Store'

Administrative Areas

  • Council South Lanarkshire
  • Parish Cambuslang (City Of Glasgow)
  • Former Region Strathclyde
  • Former District City Of Glasgow
  • Former County Lanarkshire

Archaeology Notes

NS66SE 29 6653 6021.

The steel works at Hallside are no longer standing but their extent is depicted on the OS 1:2500 map (NS66/6760, published 1967).

Information from RCAHMS (RHM) 28 March 1994.

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