Eglinton Slag Processing
Location type
WorksName and dates
Eglinton Slag Processing (-1953)Served by the Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway.
Description
A slag processing area which processed the slag hill at the former Eglinton Iron Works.
Known as 'Slaghill Depot'.
Access to this site kept the line open from Giffen to Kilwinning East to here until 1953.
Tags
WorksAliases
Slaghill DepotChronology Dates
| 01/06/1939 | Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway Irvine Bank Street to Eglinton Slag Processing (excluded) closed to freight. |
| 30/03/1953 | Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway Eglinton Slag Processing to Kilwinning East to Giffen (excluded) closed to freight. |
| /04/1955 | Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway Eglinton Slag Processing to Kilwinning East to Giffen lifted completely. |
Books
 Forgotten Railways: Scotland |
