Wishaw Steel Works
Location type
WorksName and dates
Wishaw Steel Works (1885-1922)Served by the Glasgow Iron and Steel Co.
Served by the Wishaw Estate Railway.
Description
Open Hearth steel works to the south of the main line from the Wishaw Iron Works, connected to that works by a low level line which passed under the main line. No connection to lines to the west. The works closed around 1922.
Tags
Steel worksAliases
Wishaw Iron and Steel Works12/04/2022
| Nearby stations Wishaw South Wishaw Shieldmuir Flemington Overtown [1st] Overtown [2nd] Cambusnethan Larkhall East Merryton Cleland [1st] Airbles Dalserf Motherwell Junction Ferniegair [3rd] Larkhall | Wishaw Iron Works Berryhill Coal Pit No 1 RNSD Wishaw Wishaw Cement Works Stenton Iron and Steel Works Wishaw Oil Depot Netherton Coal Pit No 3 Wishaw Coal Pit Clydesdale Pit (Coal) R Y Pickering Wagon Works Clydesdale Wagon Works Wishaw Brick Works Netherton Collieries Atlantic Works Tourist/other Shieldmuir South Junction |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Chronology Dates
| / /1922 | Glasgow 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. |
| / /1930 | Glasgow Iron and Steel Co Wishaw Iron Works closed, having lost its Wishaw Steel Works about 1922. |
