Dalmellington Iron Company
Introduction
This covers the first phase of development of the Dalmellington Ironworks at Waterside. The site is also known as Dunaskin. In the lines belong some features are listed which do not belong to the initial period, but were built on these lines during later periods. See individual locations for details.
Dates
| /08/1931 | Dalmellington Iron Company Company goes into liquidation but is bought by William Baird & Co who also bought Sanquhar and Kirkconnel Collieries to form Bairds and Dalmellington Ltd. |
Portions of line and locations
This line is divided into a number of portions.
Drumgrange Incline and Pits
A branch running north from the line west of Waterside which ran up by one incline to Drumgrange No1 and via a second incline to various other iron mines on the plateau. (This was the first version of the inclines, later replaced with the more famous version.)
A tramway connected this ironstone pit to the original Drumgrange incline. Depth unknown.
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Ironstone, 12 fathoms deep. ...
More detailsIronstone, 12 fathoms deep. ...
More detailsIronstone mine 39 fathoms deep. ...
More detailsIronstone mine 62 fathoms deep. Opening date unknown - 1854 possibly. ...
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Dalmellington Iron Company (Phase 2)
Ironstone, 16 to 20 fathoms deep. ...
More detailsIronstone, depth 59 fathoms. Dates assumed and not known. ...
More detailsIronstone mine, 42 fathoms deep. ...
More detailsIronstone mine, 20 fathoms deep. Opening date assumed to be same as no 3. ...
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Dalmellington Iron Company (Phase 2)
Iron Works lines and Corbie Crags Incline
Loop off line, on north side, with access to furnace bottoms. Reversing off loop at east end, giving access to furnace tops and, by reversal above furnace tops, access to the Corbie Crags incline giving access to iron mines to the north east.
This station is closed. The two storey station building remains standing although it has lost its platform canopy. It was a single platform station although there were two loops alongside the platform line and a siding on the east side, approached from the north. The goods yard was to the south of the station and on the west side, approached from the south. The signal box (1893) was at the south ...
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Ayrshire and Galloway Railway
Colin Miller 05/07/2015
Bill Roberton 01/11/1977
Bill Roberton /05/1974
G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 28/03/1959
Established by Henry Houldsworth (1770-1853) in 1848 at Dunaskin and later served by Waterside station.
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Bill Roberton 29/08/2016
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Colin Miller 04/04/2010
Bill Roberton //1977
Colin Miller 30/08/2015
Colin Miller 17/07/2016
Colin Miller 03/08/2014
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Bill Roberton //1989
This is a single platform station on a loop built alongside the railway running up from Dalrymple Junction to Chalmerston Loading Pad (out of use at present, 2018).
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Colin Miller 27/08/2023
Colin Miller 03/07/2022
Colin Miller 10/04/2023
Minnivey Pits
Coal and ironstone mine.
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Coal mine.
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Sillyhole Pits
Coal and ironstone mine, 97 fathoms deep. ...
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