Glasgow, Dalmarnock Road, Dalmarnock Power Station
Crane (Period Unassigned), Power Station (20th Century)
Site Name Glasgow, Dalmarnock Road, Dalmarnock Power Station
Classification Crane (Period Unassigned), Power Station (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) River Clyde
Canmore ID 90323
Site Number NS66SW 104
NGR NS 6161 6276
NGR Description Centred NS 6161 6276
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/90323
- Council Glasgow, City Of
- Parish Glasgow (City Of Glasgow)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District City Of Glasgow
- Former County Lanarkshire
NS66SW 104 centred 6161 6276
Dalmarnock Power Station [NAT]
OS 1:1250 map, 1973.
Dalmarnock Power Station, Dalmarnock Road, built from 1914 for Glasgow Corporation Electricity Dept. W W Leckie, engineer, £74000. The oldest part is a high single storey brick block with ornamental gable to the street, the first part of the turbine hall, but most of the work is post-1918.
J R Hume 1974.
This large urban power station stands on the N bank of the River Clyde, immediately NW of Dalmarnock Bridge (NS66SW 102). It has evidently with supplied with coal up the river, landing stages being depicted on the available map.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 14 December 2005.
NMRS Notes:
Glasgow, Dalmarnock Road, Dalmarnock Power Station.
Built in three stages:
Built: 1915: first section of 100,000 KW capacity.
1921: second section of 40,000 KW capacity.
c.1935: total capacity 200,000 KW.
Constructed for Glasgow Corporation Electricity Dept.
Demolished 1980-1981.
Descriptions, illustrations and plans in 'Modern Central Stations' - C.W. Marshall, LOndon 1929. pp.85-118.
