Caledonia Engineering Works
Location type
WorksName and dates
Caledonia Engineering WorksServed by the Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock Railway.
Description
The works of A F Craig & Co Ltd (founded by Archibald Fulton Craig in 1868, company formed 1895). This was a general engineering works, making carpet looms, sugar mills and the shale oil industry (the Abercorn Oil Works was to the north).
The works was located on MacDowall Street, which runs off Caledonia Street in Paisley. It was on the north side of Underwood Goods (Paisley St James). There was a boilerworks on the north side of Caledonia Street opposite the main part of the works and foundry.
The works built a 3ft 1.5in gauge locomotive in the 1870s for use on their small internal tramway which was designed by Robert Craig. It remained in use until the 1960s.
The works closed in the late 1980s/1990s and has been cleared, it is now a car park.
Tags
WorksExternal links
Canmore site recordNLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914
NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
| Nearby stations Paisley St James Paisley Gilmour Street Paisley Hamilton Street Paisley Abercorn Paisley West Paisley Canal [1st] Paisley Canal Paisley East Sandyford Halt Ferguslie Hawkhead Hawkhead [1st] Elderslie Potterhill South Renfrew | St Mirren Engineering Works Underwood Coal Depot Underwood Weaving Mills Underwood Viaduct Paisley St James Shed Abercorn Oil Works Paisley Mineral Depot [GSW] Paisley Junction Paisley Gas Works St James Junction Cartvale Ship Building Yard Paisley Western Coal Depot [2nd] Tourist/other Stoneybrae Signal Box King Street Signal Box Stoneybrae Twin Signal Box |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Books
 Caley to the Coast: Rothesay by Wemyss Bay (Oakwood Library of Railway History) |
