Inchgreen Gas Works
Location type
WorksName and dates
Inchgreen Gas Works (1872-1968)Served by the Greenock and Ayrshire Railway.
Description
This gas works was located on the shore west of Port Glasgow, specifically it was between the Inchgreen Graving Dock (west side) and Inch Works (Engineering and Shipbuilding) (east). The works had a small pier on the River Clyde on its north side. The land the gas works was located on had been the Inch, a small island before land reclamation of mudflats. It was opened by the Greenock Corporation Gas Department. It was served by a railway from Inchgreen Goods, which approached from the south, the low level sidings from the Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock Railway of the Caledonian Railway. A later line approached from the west curving tightly round to the north to enter the works, these were the high level sidings from the Greenock and Ayrshire Railway of the Glasgow and South Western Railway. The gasometers were on the west side and railway served retorts on the east side. The company had its own locomotive, replaced in 1946.
The gas works became part of the Scottish Gas Board in 1949. The works closed around 1968 when rail traffic ceased, the final 1957 built locomotive going to Aberdeen Gas Works. The gasometers remained in use for some time afterwards. The site is now housing.
Tags
Gas works| Nearby stations Bogston Port Glasgow Cartsdyke Whinhill Greenock Central Greenock Cathcart Street [1st] Greenock (Lynedoch) Upper Greenock Upper Port Glasgow Woodhall Greenock West Greenock Princes Pier [2nd] Greenock Princes Pier [1st] Drumfrochar Cardross | Inchgreen Graving Dock Inch Works (Engineering and Shipbuilding) Inchgreen Goods Kingston Smithy Siding Kingston Works (Engineering & Shipbuilding) Bogston Goods Goliath Crane [Port Glasgow] Ladyburn Shipyard Argyll Street Goods Wemyss Bay Junction Quarry Clyde Pottery Glen Works Ladyburn Junction Greenock Ladyburn Shed |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Chronology Dates
| / /1880 | Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock Railway Proposed Garvel Dry Dock, James Watt Dock and Inchgreen Gas Works branch abandoned and a new Inchgreen route authorised. |
| / /1886 | Greenock and Ayrshire Railway Inchgreen Branch to Garvel Dry Dock and James Watt Dock opened along with high level sidings to Inchgreen Gas Works. |
| 06/08/1886 | Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock Railway James Watt Dock and Inchgreen branch opened along with low level sidings to Inchgreen Gas Works. |
| / /1961 | Greenock and Ayrshire Railway Inchgreen Branch to Garvel Dry Dock, James Watt Dock and Inchgreen Gas Works closed. |
| / /1968 | Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock Railway Inchgreen Gas Works closed, but gasometers retained. Rail traffic ceases. |
Books
 Legends of the Glasgow and South Western Railway in the L.M.S.Days |  Scotland’s Lost Branch Lines: Where Beeching Got It Wrong |  The Glasgow & South Western Railway a History |
