Temple Iron Works
Location type
WorksName and dates
Temple Iron Works (1890-1970)Served by the Cowdenhill Branch (North British Railway).
Description
This works was opened in the 1890s by William Baird. It manufactured iron and steel girders and bridges, including the distinctive lattice footbridges for the Highland Railway.
The offices were on Temple Place, Crow Road, with the factory behind, to east, and a level area serviced with short tramways bordering a siding with a loading bank. This was on the west side of line where the Cowdenhill Branch [North British Railway] where it left the Glasgow City and District Railway north of Strathcona Drive.
The site is now housing.
Tags
Factory iron worksExternal links
Canmore site recordNLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914
NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
NLS Map
NLS Map
11/03/2020
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