Dalzell Malleable Iron Works
Location type
WorksName and dates
Dalzell Malleable Iron Works (1872-)Open on the Colvilles Ltd.
Description
This iron works opened by David Colville and Sons beside the Clydesdale Junction Railway at Crosshill, Motherwell, on lands fued from the Hamiltons of Dalzell.
The works was capable of converting pig iron into iron bar having puddling furnaces and mills.
The site is now the southern portion of the Dalzell Steel Works alongside the railway in Motherwell. To the immediate south is the reversing spur used to access the works.
Tags
Iron works| Nearby stations Motherwell Junction Motherwell [1st] Motherwell Bridge Motherwell Airbles Flemington Shieldmuir Ferniegair [2nd] Ferniegair [1st] Carfin Chatelherault Holytown Ferniegair [3rd] Holytown [1st] Mossend | Motherwell Signalling Centre Dalzell Steel Works Alpha Works Clyde Boiler Works Dalzell New Yard Dellburn Works Motherwell Colliery No 3 Watsonville Colliery Glasgow Rolling Stock and Plant Works Coursington Colliery Pit No 2 Motherwell Goods Caledonian works (Rivets, Bolts and Nuts) Tourist/other Motherwell South Signal Box Park Street Level Crossing Dalzell Works Signal Box Colville^s Sidings Signal Box |
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Chronology Dates
| / /1871 | Dalzell Malleable Iron Works Dalzell Malleable Iron Works opened in Motherwell by David Colville. |
