Westburn Sugar Refinery
Location type
WorksNames and dates
Berryards Sugar Refinery (1896-1896)Westburn Sugar Refinery (1896-1997)
Served by the Greenock and Wemyss Bay Railway.
Description
This was, from 1976, the Tate and Lyle factory in Greenock, known for its distinctive smell which lingered over the area. The factory has been demolished.
The works was service by sidings from both the Greenock and Wemyss Bay Railway and the Greenock and Ayrshire Railway.
Tags
Sugar refineryAliases
Tate and Lyle FactoryExternal links
Canmore site recordNLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914
NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
| Nearby stations Upper Greenock Greenock (Lynedoch) Greenock Central Greenock Cathcart Street [1st] Whinhill Drumfrochar Greenock West Cartsdyke Greenock Princes Pier [1st] Greenock Princes Pier [2nd] Branchton Bogston Fort Matilda Ravenscraig Port Glasgow | Lynedoch Street Tunnel South Lynedoch Street Tunnel North Gourock Rope Works [1st] Upper Greenock Goods Lynedoch Goods Berryards Junction Mearns Street Junction Poynters Siding Eagle Foundry [Greenock] Ardgowan Distillery Clyde Sugar Refinery Trafalgar Street Tunnel Greenock Carbon Factory Shawswater Foundry Tourist/other Dellingburn Street Coal Depot |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
