Dalzell Steel Works
Location type
WorksName and dates
Dalzell Steel Works (1880-)Served by the Wishaw and Coltness Railway.
Open on the Colvilles Ltd.
Description
The Dalzell Steel Works was developed alongside the existing Dalzell Malleable Iron Works of 1871, the West Coast Main Line (just south of Motherwell station and close to Motherwell Junction) by David Colville and Sons. The malleable iron works were just to the south and now part of the steel works site.
Before construction this was a relatively green field site, except for some small coal mines at Coursington (the Dalzell Collieries Nos 2 and 3).
An unusual layout allowed trains to enter/leave the works from the up (southbound) line or, by means of a large oval loop, enter/leave from the down (northbound) line which passed under the main line to reach the large oval.
Originally this was the 'Dalzell Iron and Steel Works'. The works progressively extended east until all the land east to the Lanarkshire Steel Works was occupied.
With the opening of the Ravenscraig Steel Works much of the iron and steel production was shifted offsite and Dalzell focused on steel products. The last open hearth furnace closed in 1978.
Today concast slabs travel from other steel works to be rolled.
The works was closed by Tata Steel in 2015 but was re-opened by Liberty Steel in 2016 (Liberty Steel - Dalzell ) who also own the Lochaber Aluminium Works.
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Iron works steel worksAliases
Dalzell Iron & Steel WorksExternal links
Canmore site recordNLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914
NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
NLS Map
NLS Map
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NLS Map
| Nearby stations Motherwell Junction Motherwell [1st] Motherwell Bridge Motherwell Flemington Airbles Shieldmuir Carfin Holytown Ferniegair [2nd] Ferniegair [1st] Chatelherault Ferniegair [3rd] Holytown [1st] Mossend | Dalzell Malleable Iron Works Dalzell New Yard Motherwell Signalling Centre Alpha Works Clyde Boiler Works Coursington Colliery Pit No 2 Coursington Colliery Dellburn Works Glasgow Rolling Stock and Plant Works Lanarkshire Steel Works Signal Box Motherwell Goods Tourist/other Motherwell South Signal Box Park Street Level Crossing Dalzell Works Signal Box Colville^s Sidings Signal Box |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Chronology Dates
| / /1881 | Dalzell Steel Works Dalzell Steel Works opened in Motherwell. |
News items
| 15/03/2022 | Story picked for Ravenscraig rail bridge [TCI] |
| 10/08/2020 | Old steelworks to be tyre-recycling plant [The Times] |
