Vulcan Foundry [Ayr]
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Vulcan Foundry [Ayr]Note: text in square brackets is added for clarity and was not part of the location's name.
Description
This was the works of John & Thomas Young, on the west side of York Street where it met Clunes Vennal (now Crown Street). The site was west of Ayr [1st] station and without railway connection. Although not their usual expertise (mining, marine - at least 28 vessels' main engines, farming), the works is known to have produced a 0-4-0ST locomotive in 1863 for Taylor & Co's Auchincruive Waggonway.
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Foundry| Nearby stations Ayr [1st] Newton-on-Ayr Ayr [2nd] Ayr Prestwick Town Auchincruive Alloway Prestwick International Airport Monkton Heads of Ayr [2nd] Auchincruive Colliery Platform Maybole Junction [Station] Heads of Ayr [1st) Dalrymple Annbank | Ayr Shipyard [North] Ayr Harbour South Newton Level Crossing Ayr Harbour Blackthorn Tower Ayr Shed [1st] Ayr Shipyard Ayr Harbour Junction Newton Flat Crossing Newton Junction [Ayr] Hawkhill LC Ayr MPD Hawkhill Junction Scottish Agricultural Industries Works Tourist/other St John^s Tower |
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