RAILSCOT | Carnbroe Iron Works

Works

Carnbroe Iron Works (1838-1921)

Served by the Carnbroe Ironworks Railway.

This iron works was on the east side of the Wishaw and Coltness Railway, south of Whifflet. (Slag processing was located on the west side of the line, on the east bank of the South Calder Water). The works was owned by Merry and Cunningham.

Connections

Wishaw and Coltness Railway - Carnbroe Iron Works Signal Box
- Carnbroe North Signal Box - Carnbroe South Signal Box - Carnbroe Slag Crushing Works
Glasgow, Bothwell, Hamilton and Coatbridge Railway - Carnbroe Signal Box

Iron works
11/09/2020

Nearby stations Carnbroe Calder Iron Works [Station] Whifflet [CR] Whifflet Cairnhill Bridge Calder Whifflet [NB] Whifflet Lower Whifflet Upper Coatdyke Coatbridge Central [NB] Coatbridge Central Langloan Kipps Coatbridge Sunnyside	Carnbroe Colliery Quarry Pit Carnbroe Signal Box Calder Iron Works Calder Factory Calder Iron Works Signal Box [NBR] Meadow Works Carnbroe Yard Whifflet Central Junction Speedwell Iron Works Carnbroe Slag Crushing Works Cairnhill Iron and Steel Works Tourist/other Calder Iron Works Signal Box [CR] Carnbroe North Signal Box Carnbroe Iron Works Signal Box
Location names in dark blue are on the same original line.

/ /1829	Wishaw and Coltness Railway Act receives Royal assent. Line gauge was 4ft 6in and was extended slowly south from Whifflet and Carnbroe Iron Works to the Coltness Iron Works Railway and the Chapel Colliery. A branch was authorised to Newarthill to meet the Omoa Iron Works Railway. Further authorised branches to Rosehall and Law were not built.