Summerlee Iron Co
Introduction
This company owned the Summerlee Iron Works. This works was located in Coatbridge, now the Summerlee Heritage Park where remains of the foundations of the blast furnaces can be seen alongside the museum. The works was sandwiched between the Glasgow, Garnkirk and Coatbridge Railway (to the west) and a branch of the Monkland Canal (east). It was served by both the Caledonian Railway (the line to the west) and the North British Railway (crossing the canal to the east). The company also owned pits further afield such as the ironstone pits served by the Kerse Incline (Summerlee Iron Company).
Dates
| / /1906 | Summerlee and Mossend Iron and Steel Co
Summerlee Iron Co Summerlee and Mossend Iron and Steel Co, having sold the Mossend Iron and Steel Works, is renamed the Summerlee Iron Co. |
Portions of line and locations
This line is divided into a number of portions.
Summerlee Iron Works
This iron works, constrained between the Glasgow, Garnkirk and Coatbridge Railway (to the west) and the Gartsherrie Branch of the Monkland Canal (to the east) was opened by Wilsons and Co and John Neilson.
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See also
Monkland Canal
Ewan Crawford 27/06/2010
Mines further afield
Also some of the Drumpeller/Drumpellier mines. Dykehead, Lanarkshire (name applies to several widespread sites).
This colliery was north of Maryhill at Balmuildy with Blackhill Farm to the south west. The colliery opened around 1873, about the time the Kelvin Valley Railway opened (1879) and was owned by the Summerlee Iron Co.
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See also
Kelvin Valley Railway
Other works
This works was located on the west side of the Wishaw and Coltness Railway and north of the A775. It was initially a malleable iron works. This was the first malleable iron works in Scotland to use Henry Cort's puddling process.
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See also
Mossend Marshalling Yard (Caledonian Railway)
