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Dalmellington Iron Works (1848-1921)

Served by the Dalmellington Iron Company.

Established by Henry Houldsworth (1770-1853) in 1848 at Dunaskin and later served by Waterside station.

The works operated an extensive private railway system. Various phases of this are represented by the following pages

Dalmellington Iron Company Dalmellington Iron Company (Phase 2) Dalmellington Iron Company (Phase 3) Bairds and Dalmellington Limited
Considerable remains of the works still stand. The Scottish Industrial Railway Centre is based here. Preserved trains operate from Dunaskin Platform.

Iron works

Nearby stations Dunaskin Platform Waterside Minnivey Platform Patna [2nd] Patna [1st] Dalmellington Cairntable Halt [Knockshinnoch] Rankinston Holehouse Junction Hollybush Sinclairston (Private) Drongan Dalrymple Maybole Junction [Station] Cassillis	Dalmellington Furnace Tops Dunaskin Shed Dunaskin Wagon Shop Dunaskin Spoil heap Brickworks Dunaskin Central Washer Dunaskin Pit No 1 Dunaskin Pit No 2 Cutler Sidings Drumgrange Incline Foot [1st] Drumgrange Pit No 10 Cutler Tip [1st] Drumgrange Incline Foot [2nd] Drumgrange Pit No 1 Tourist/other Ardoon [House]
Location names in dark blue are on the same original line.

04/08/1853	Ayr and Dalmellington Railway Authorised from Ayr (Falkland Junction) to Dalmellington. This incarnation of the line was closely associated with the Houldsworth family's Dalmellington Iron Works at Waterside and associated coal mines.
/ /2002	Dunaskin Shed The Ayrshire Railway Preservation Society stock is relocated from the Scottish Industrial Railway Centre [1st] to the former Dalmellington Iron Works with a £65,000 grant from the Cumnock and Doon Valley Minerals Trust.