Coatbridge Tinplate Works
Location type
WorksName and dates
Coatbridge Tinplate WorksServed by the Sheepford Branch (Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway).
Description
This tinplate works was located at Whifflet, south of Coatbridge, between Coatbank Street (to the east) and Dundyvan Basin (to the west). It was owned by the Coatbridge Tin Plate Co. The works was served from the north by the North British Railway and from the south by the Caledonian Railway. Sidings served various part of the works and there were turnplates to access certain parts.
Having been initially formed to make tinplate the works became a malleable iron works.
Railway access:
North British Railway - this was a siding from the Sheepford branch connection built in 1872 to replace the Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway's original Sheepford branch alignment.
Caledonian Railway - this was a siding from the Wishaw and Coltness Railway's Dundyvan Basin branch built from the Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway. (The W&CR had running powers, inherited by the CR, over the M&K between Whifflet [NB] (Dundyvan Basin Junction) and Whifflet East Junction.)
Tags
Tinplate works Malleable iron works12/04/2022
| Nearby stations Whifflet Upper Whifflet Lower Whifflet [NB] Whifflet Whifflet [CR] Coatbridge Central [NB] Coatbridge Central Calder Iron Works [Station] Calder Coatbridge Sunnyside Carnbroe Howes Kipps Coatdyke Langloan | Dundyvan Basin Whifflet Yard Lochrin Iron Works [2nd] Dundyvan Junction Phoenix Iron Works [Coatbridge] Clifton Iron Works Whifflet East Goods Lochrin Construction Works Bank Works (Sheet Iron) Coats Iron and Steel Works Whifflet North Junction Sheepford Swing Bridge Coatbank Engine Works Stobcross Rivet Bolt and Nut Works Tourist/other Rosehall Siding Signal Box |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Chronology Dates
| 02/06/1885 | Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway The Caledonian Railway is granted running powers to Coatbridge Tinplate Works from Whifflet South Junction. |
