Clyde Steel and Engineering Works
Location type
WorksName and dates
Clyde Steel and Engineering WorksServed by the Glasgow, Bothwell, Hamilton and Coatbridge Railway.
Description
The Clyde Steel and Engineering Works, the foundry of Archibald Baird & Son, was immediately east of Peacock Cross station on the Glasgow, Bothwell, Hamilton and Coatbridge Railway and was served by a siding. Unusually for the area, the Caledonian Railway had no siding.
It was also known as the Allanshaw Foundry.
It is possible the works built, or was involved in the building of, locomotives.
Tags
WorksAliases
Allanshaw Foundry Peacock Cross Foundry01/03/2021
| Nearby stations Peacock Cross Hamilton West Hamilton [NBR] Hamilton Central Burnbank Meikle Earnock Halt Blantyre Foundry Blantyre Ferniegair [1st] Ferniegair [2nd] Bothwell [North British] Bothwell [CR] Quarter Junction Chatelherault High Blantyre | Cadzow Junction Allanshaw Colliery Townsland Colliery Hamilton Shed Bent Colliery Colliery Wellhall Colliery Clyde Colliery Hamilton Engine Sheds Junction Earnock Sidings Burnbank Signal Box Earnock Colliery Pits Nos 1, 2 and 3 Hamilton Gasworks Strathaven Junction Yard Tourist/other Hamilton Old Parish Church |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Books
 A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain: Scotland - The Lowlands and the Borders v. 6 (Regional railway history series) |  Forgotten Railways: Scotland |
