Bankier Distillery
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Bankier Distillery (1828-1928)Description
This distillery was in the west end of Banknock, on the north bank of the Forth and Clyde Canal (which had a wharf). It was just east of Wyndford Lock.
A tramway (Banknock Colliery Tramway) ran from the quayside past the distillery to run north to Banknock station's goods yard and over the line to the Livingstone Pit of the Banknock Colliery. Prior to the opening of the Kilsyth and Bonnybridge Railway the tramway extended further east past Banknock House to further pits. Whether the tramway and distillery were directly associated with each other is not immediately clear - no sidings ran into the distillery and in the early OS maps the line is clear of the distillery which expanded out towards it.
Bonded warehousing survived here until the 1980s.
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DistilleryExternal links
Canmore site recordNLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914
NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
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NLS Map
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| Nearby stations Banknock Castlecary Dennyloanhead Upper Greenhill Dullator Greenhill Colzium Bonnybridge Canal Goods Bonnybridge Central Denny Cumbernauld Bonnybridge Croy Kilsyth (New) Greenfaulds | Lock 20 [Wyndford Lock] [FCC] Coneypark Colliery Pit No 4 Netherwood Siding Cannerton Brickworks Banknock Colliery Livingstone Pit Fireclay and Limeworks Banknock Colliery Cannerton Pit Auchincloch Cowden Hill Quarry Siding Castlecary Viaduct Cowden Hill Quarry Lock 19 [FCC] Tourist/other Bankier Quay Netherwood Basin Castlecary Roman Fort |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
