Mossend Steel Works

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Name and dates

Mossend Steel Works

Open 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.

Tags

Steel works

Chronology Dates

  /  /1915William 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.
  /  /1922Glasgow 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.
  /07/1928William Beardmore & Co Ltd
Mossend Steel Works closed.
  /05/1932William Beardmore & Co Ltd
Price discussed for selling the closed Mossend Steel Works.
  /03/1934Colvilles Ltd
Mossend Steel Works bought from William Beardmore & Co Ltd.

Books


Beardmore Aviation: The Story of a Scottish Industrial Giant's Aviation Activities

Beardmore Built HMS Argus 1914 to 1947: The World's First Flat-Top Aircraft Carrier

Beardmore Built, The Rise And Fall Of A Clydeside Shipyard.

Beardmore: The history of a Scottish industrial giant