Parkneuk Steel Works
Location type
WorksNames and dates
Parkneuk Iron WorksParkneuk Steel Works
Served by the Motherwell Deviation Line (Caledonian Railway).
Description
This structural works was located in Motherwell on the east side of the Motherwell Deviation Line (Caledonian Railway) just north of Lesmahagow Junction (and opposite [[Motherwell Shed).
The works was opened by Alexander Findlay^s Alex. Findlay & Co around 1888, initially working with iron and later steel.
Examples of their work:
1893 Perth General station footbridge (during re-signalling)
1901 Shank Bridge, Arniston
1901 Marylebone station trainshed
1904 Guild Street Bridge over the Great North of Scotland Railway at Aberdeen Joint station
The site is now housing.
The sidings on the east side of the line, the Motherwell Up Sidings, are still known as Findlays Sidings.
Tags
Iron works Steel worksAliases
Motherwell Parkneuk Steel WorksExternal links
Canmore site recordNLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914
NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
05/09/2020
| Nearby stations Motherwell Motherwell [1st] Motherwell Bridge Motherwell Junction Airbles Holytown Flemington Holytown [1st] Mossend Carfin Bellshill Ferniegair [2nd] Ferniegair [1st] Shieldmuir Bellshill [NB] | Motherwell Workshops Signal Box Parkneuk Colliery No 1 and 2 Motherwell MPD Motherwell Wagon Works Motherwell Malleable Iron Works Motherwell Bridge and Engineering Works Lesmahagow Junction Parkneuk Colliery Motherwell Gas Works Braidhurst Junction Engineering Works Metropolitan-Vickers [Motherwell] Jerviston Viaduct Tourist/other Logans Road Level Crossing North Lanarkshire Heritage Centre |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Dates
| 17/11/1858 | Motherwell Deviation (Caledonian Railway) The Caledonian Railway buys land in Motherwell for a new shed (Motherwell Shed) to augment its locomotive sheds at South Side and Gartsherrie Shed [GGR] which were suffering from high light engine mileages. The Parkneuk Iron Works and Motherwell Iron and Steel Works were by the shed. |
