Clyde Iron Works



Dates

  /  /1786Clyde Iron Works
Established by Thomas Edington and William Cadell.
  /  /1810Clyde Iron Works
Taken over by James Dunlop.
  /  /1816Clyde Iron Works
Colin Dunlop, son of James, takes over. James Beaumont Neilson developed Hot Blast Ironmaking here at this time.
20/11/1868Rutherglen and Coatbridge Branch (Caledonian Railway)
Clyde Iron Works branch ('Lanarkshire and Midlothian Branches' railway number 8) opened from the new Rutherglen and Coatbridge Branch (Caledonian Railway) (1865), replacing earlier Clyde Iron Works Railways which ran directly from Cambuslang Goods on the Clydesdale Junction Railway.
  /  /1876Forth and Clyde Iron Works
Founded by lock 16 of the Forth and Clyde Canal.
20/06/1904Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway
Westburn Junction to Kirkhill Junction opened to goods. This was probably largely opened to carry imported iron ore for Govan Iron Works (Dixon's Blazes) and the Clyde Iron Works.
  /  /1930Clyde Iron Works
Taken over by Colvilles Ltd.
  /  /1970Clyde Iron Works
Taken over by British Steel and closed not long afterwards.