Glasgow Iron and Steel Co
Introduction
This company was initially the Glasgow Iron Co, formed in 1844, owning the St Rollox Iron Works. It was renamed in 1888 to the Glasgow Iron and Steel Co. It owned the Motherwell Malleable Iron Works, Wishaw Iron Works, Wishaw Steel Works and various collieries in South Lanarkshire. In 1920 William Beardmore & Co Ltd bought 50% of the Glasgow Iron and Steel Co. In 1946 the company sunk the Argyll Colliery near Machrihanish.
Dates
| / /1888 | Glasgow Iron and Steel Co Glasgow Iron Co becomes the Glasgow Iron and Steel Co |
| / /1920 | William Beardmore & Co Ltd Buys 50% of the Glasgow Iron and Steel Co, the other 50% by Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson. |
| / /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. |
| / /1955 | Glasgow Iron and Steel Co Second Straiton Oil Works locomotive scrapped. |
Portions of line and locations
This line is divided into a number of portions.
Mines owned
The original colliery, owned by J and TL Galloway, closed around 1929 but a new colliery was sunk by the Glasgow Iron and Steel Company alongside in 1946, opened by 1950. Pithead baths opened in 1953. The new colliery used road transport as the railway closed in 1931.
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See also
Campbeltown and Machrihanish Light Railway
Mark Bartlett 22/10/2017
Works owned
This iron works was located north west of Wishaw [1st] station, on the north side of the line. The works was located on the Wishaw Estate Railway, approached from the north the lines fanned out. Estate railway lines passed under the main line to reach the Wishaw Iron and Steel Works (later Wishaw Steel Works).
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See also
Wishaw Estate Railway
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.
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See also
Wishaw Estate Railway
