Ellangowan Paper Mill
Location type
WorksNames and dates
Allander Cotton Mill (1790-1879)Allander Paper Mill (1879-1882)
Ellangowan Paper Mill (1882-1955)
Served by the Glasgow and Milngavie Junction Railway.
Description
The Ellangowan Paper Mill branch passed under the former main road in Milngavie to the site of the mills where a number of sidings were available. The branch was really a long siding.
The overbridge and cutting walls are the main remains of this line, the trackbed now being Ellangowan road and a footpath (the start of the West Highland Way). Woodburn Way was built across the trackbed just above the level of the closed line. The mill's site is now a housing and a library although one of the mill ponds remains as an attractive feature by the library.
Tags
Mill| Nearby stations Milngavie Bennie Railplane Hillfoot Bearsden Summerston [1st] Bardowie Westerton Strathblane Blanefield Balmore Drumchapel Maryhill [Temporary] Maryhill Summerston Kelvindale | Allander Print Works Milngavie Shed Burnbrae Goods Burnbrae Dye Works Allander Sports Centre Burnbrae Junction Tourist/other Dam Tannoch Loch Mugdock Reservoir Craigmaddie Reservoir Dougalston Loch Kilmardinny Loch Kilmardinny House New Kilpatrick Cemetery Antonine Wall Mugdock Castle |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Chronology Dates
| / /1960 | Glasgow and Milngavie Junction Railway Ellangowan Paper Mill goods branch closed. |
