Gorgie Mills

Location type

Works

Name and dates

Gorgie Mills (1905-1968)

Served by the Edinburgh, Suburban and Southside Junction Railway.
Served by the Gorgie Cattle Market Branch (North British Railway).

Description

This mill was rail served via a headshunt from Gorgie Junction. It was the glue and gelatine mill of J&G Cox Ltd, originally the site was probably a corn mill. The mill was rail served from 1905.

Tags

Mill Glue Gelatine

Chronology Dates

17/05/1905Edinburgh, Suburban and Southside Junction Railway
Siding from Gorgie Junction for Gorgie Mills opened.
  /06/1910Gorgie Cattle Market Branch (North British Railway)
Branch from the Gorgie Mills siding built to Gorgie Cattle Market [NB] yard (cattle, minerals etc). The engineers were Blyth and Westland. The branch was built at the corporation's expense and the NB paid for the costs of connection at Gorgie.
04/12/1967Edinburgh, Suburban and Southside Junction Railway
Gorgie Cattle Market [NB] to Gorgie Mills siding (excluded) closed.
25/05/1968Gorgie Castle Market [NB]
Gorgie Mills siding to Gorgie Junction (excluded) closed.