Mossend Steel Works
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Mossend Steel WorksOpen on the Colvilles Ltd.
Open on the William Beardmore & Co Ltd.
Description
This reconstruction of William Beardmore & Co's Mossend Iron and Steelworks was due to the demands of Great War and was in part supported by the Ministry of Munitions. The new works was laid out to the west of the existing works and was on a considerably greater scale. Reconstruction was around 1915.
With the drop in demand after the war, and the subsequent decline in orders for Beardmore's Dalmuir Naval Construction Yard, the works closed in 1928. It was sold to Colvilles Ltd in 1934.
The main building from this period still stands, in different use.
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Steel worksChronology Dates
| / /1915 | William Beardmore & Co Ltd Construction of new Mossend Steel Works begins. The new works was larger and west of the original Mossend Iron and Steel Works which was demolished. |
| / /1922 | Glasgow Iron and Steel Co Wishaw Steel Works closed, due to William Beardmore & Co Ltd having redeveloped at Mossend to produce the new Mossend Steel Works around 1915. |
| /07/1928 | William Beardmore & Co Ltd Mossend Steel Works closed. |
| /05/1932 | William Beardmore & Co Ltd Price discussed for selling the closed Mossend Steel Works. |
| /03/1934 | Colvilles Ltd Mossend Steel Works bought from William Beardmore & Co Ltd. |
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