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No 4 National Filling Factory was one of the factories rapidly built in 1915 and opened in 1916 to address the Shell Crisis of 1915 during the Great War.

The factory was built by Robert McAlpine on the Fullwood Estate, a site chosen for being isolated yet close to a station and mainline not far from a city whose population could be used as workers. Many of the workers at this factory were women and the number of workers with in the order of around 12,000 at its height.

During a visit by David Lloyd George in 1915 the site officially changed its name to Georgetown. Tenmporary housing was built to the south of the site, west of Houston station.

No 1 factory was east of Dangavel Burn and west of the railway. It was constructed in 1915 and opened in 1916. It was served by a new loop line on the west side of the railway which served Georgetown [NFF] station, 3/4 of a mile north of Houston station, and Georgetown Filling Factory Yard. Covered walkways ran from the Georgetown [NFF] station to the offices and factory buildings. Sidings ran south and west from the yard to serve the factory.

No 2 factory was west of Dangavel Burn and the railway. It was constructed in 1916 and also began to open in 1916. It was served by covered walkways from Houston station.

The factory closed in 1918-26. It failed to find other uses following the war and was used as a storage area to the south of the new ROF Bishopton factory which was established in the Second World War.

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