Glengarnock Iron Company
Introduction
This company, owned by Merry and Cunninghame, had iron works at Glengarnock Iron Works and Ardeer Iron Works.
Dates
| / /1840 | Glengarnock Iron Company Opens an iron works at Glengarnock, Glengarnock Iron Works. |
| / /1849 | Stevenston Iron Works Glengarnock Iron Company builds 5 blast furnaces at Ardeer, the Ardeer Iron Works. |
Portions of line and locations
This line is divided into a number of portions.
Glengarnock Iron works
Ardeer Iron works
This iron works was established by the Glengarnock Iron Company on the shore of the Ardeer Peninsular just to the south of Stevenston. Good supplies of coal existed in the area. Five blast furnaces were built. Slag was deposited on the foreshore, leading to a still existing feature. The works was later owned by Merry and Cunningham. Also known as Stevenston Iron Works.
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See also
Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway
This pit is mistakenly shown on the RCH map of 1875 at Fergushill, it was near Saltcoats. Colliery owned by Glengarnock Iron and Steel Co.. ...
More detailsThis pit was owned by the Glengarnock Iron and Steel Co. It was rail served, a connection for the private network of lines was about half a mile east of Saltcoats on the Ardrossan Railway. The pit was on the north side of the line.
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Mines further afield
Owned by the Glengarnock Iron and Steel Co and close to Cunninghamhead station. ...
More detailsSee also
Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway
