Castlecary Fireclay Works
Location type
WorksName and dates
Castlecary Fireclay Works (1904-1981)Served by the Caledonian Railway.
Description
This was the works of John G Stein and Co. Ltd. It was served by a siding from the Caledonian Railway which was on the south side of the line. The location was just north of where the Caledonian Railway passed under the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway on the approach to Greenhill Lower from the south.
It opened around 1904 with a signal box, 'Castlecary', opening at the junction.
The box closed in 1975 and the works closed in 1981.
To the south was the abortive Castlecary Curve.
Tags
Fireclay worksExternal links
Canmore site recordNLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914
NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
01/07/2019
| Nearby stations Dennyloanhead Castlecary Upper Greenhill Banknock Greenhill Bonnybridge Canal Goods Bonnybridge Central Bonnybridge Denny Dullator Cumbernauld Colzium Camelon [1st] Greenfaulds Camelon | Lock 18 [FCC] Lock 19 [FCC] Castlecary Curve Lock 17 [FCC] Castlecary Viaduct Knowehead Colliery Fireclay and Limeworks New Bonnyrigg Pit Banknock Colliery Cannerton Pit Greenhill Upper Junction Upper Bonnyrigg Pit Banknock Colliery Livingstone Pit Netherwood Siding Cannerton Brickworks Tourist/other Castlecary Roman Fort |
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