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Inchinnan, Airship Shed
Airship Hangar (First World War)
Site Name Inchinnan, Airship Shed
Classification Airship Hangar (First World War)
Alternative Name(s) Inchinnan Aircraft Factory; Inchinnan Airship Works; William Beardmore; Beardmore Works
Canmore ID 79836
Site Number NS46NE 30.01
NGR NS 475 685
NGR Description NS c. 475 685
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/79836
- Council Renfrewshire
- Parish Inchinnan
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Renfrew
- Former County Renfrewshire
Inchinnan was a centre for the manufacture of rigid airships – like the Zeppelin – rather than the non-rigid airships that dominated British military balloon operations. Construction of the vast airship shed was funded by the Admiralty and construction by the Arrol Company began in January 1916, work being completed by September. The shed measured 213m by 46m by 30m high and had large wind-screens at both ends to protect the balloon from cross-winds when emerging from its shed.
Information from HS/RCAHMS World War One Audit Project (GJB) 31 May 2013.
NS46NE 30.01 c. 475 685
See Architecture
The airship station has been demolished.
J Guy 2001; NMRS MS 810/11, Vol.1, 183-4
Project (March 2013 - September 2013)
A project to characterise the quantity and quality of the Scottish resource of known surviving remains of the First World War. Carried out in partnership between Historic Scotland and RCAHMS.
