Sentinel Works
Location type
WorksName and dates
Sentinel Works (1880-1961)Served by the Polloc and Govan Railway.
Open on the William Beardmore & Co Ltd.
Description
This was the works of Alley and MacLellan. It was located on the east side of Polmadie Bridge, south of the West Coast Main Line (former Polloc and Govan Railway) opposite the Polmadie Depot.
In 1918 William Beardmore & Co Ltd took control of Alley and MacLellan. The 1916 Sentinel Wagon Works, Shrewsbury, was now for steam vehicle production and the Glasgow works now focused on other products.
The company was known for the development of the Sentinel Steam Railcar, used on several countryside lines where passenger traffic was low. The company bought the rights to steam wagons in 1906.
After the railway related production was moved south, Sentinel-Cammell railcars were introduced on the Forth and Clyde Junction Railway and Deeside Railway in 1929, and the Strathendrick and Aberfoyle Railway in 1930. Railcars also ran on the Methven branch from Methven Junction (some running out from Perth).
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Works iron worksExternal links
Canmore site recordNLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914
NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
03/08/2022
| Nearby stations Crosshill Gushetfaulds Mount Florida South Side [CR] South Side [GB and NDR] Queens Park Dalmarnock Rutherglen [4th] Rutherglen [3rd] Bridgeton Goods Bridgeton [1st] Gorbals Main Street Gorbals Kings Park Bridgeton | Polmadie Depot Polmadie Shed Coal Pit Polmadie Mineral Sidings Polmadie Industrial Gases Works Mallsmire Firebrick Works Queens Park Locomotive Works Coal Pit Coal Pit Polmadie BOC Siding Govan Colliery Pit No 5 Govan Colliery Pit No 6 Shawfield Junction Colliery Works Tourist/other Polmadie Signal Box |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Chronology Dates
| / /1918 | William Beardmore & Co William Beardmore & Co takes control of Alley and MacLellan. Sentinel Wagon Works, Shrewsbury, now for steam vehicle production. The Glasgow works, Sentinel Works of Polmadie, now focused on other products. |
