Whiteinch Tramway
Introduction
This tramway connected the Whiteinch Railway with the Scotstoun Shipbuilding Yard and other nearby works and sawmills.
Dates
| 01/07/1872 | Whiteinch Railway Act passed. Built to service the Barclay, Curle & Co's Clydeholm Shipbuilding Yard, Charles Connel and Co Ltd's Scotstoun Shipbuilding Yard and Wylie and Lochhead's cabinet and sawmill at Whiteinch Victoria Park, the connection across Dumbarton Road to the works being provided by the Whiteinch Tramway. |
| 01/07/1872 | Whiteinch Tramway Act passed. Continuation of Whiteinch Railway to various works |
| 29/10/1874 | Whiteinch Railway
Whiteinch Tramway Opened as a branch from the Stobcross Railway from an east facing Whiteinch Junction. Railway operated by North British Railway and tramway by the Wood brothers. |
| / /1875 | Whiteinch Tramway Horse haulage replaced by steam as loads become increasingly heavy; eg coal and iron plate for the shipyards. |
| /05/1914 | Whiteinch Tramway Wood Brothers liquidated and operation taken over by A and G Anderson using North British Railway engines and crew. |
| / /1916 | Whiteinch Tramway North British Railway takes over operation. |
Locations along the line
These locations are along the line.
This was a passenger terminus opened next to an existing goods station. The terminus was added to the Whiteinch Railway branch of 1874 alongside, and to the east of, the goods yard and interchange point with the Clydeside Tramway.
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See also
Whiteinch Railway
Ewan Crawford //1987
Ewan Crawford //1988
Malcolm Chattwood 18/07/2015
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This shipyard was on the north bank of the River Clyde. Scotstoun Iron Works was to the west and North British Engine Works to the east. It was the yard of Charles Connell & Co Ltd.
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See also
Clydeside Tramway
This was the engine works for Barclay Curle's Clydeholm Shipbuilding Yard.
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See also
Clydeside Tramway
