Ravenscraig Steel Works
Location type
WorksName and dates
Ravenscraig Steel Works (1956-1992)Served by the Ravenscraig Steelworks (David Colville and Sons).
Description
This was an integrated steel works in the east of Motherwell.
Tags
Steel worksExternal links
Canmore site recordNLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914
NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
| Nearby stations Flemington Shieldmuir Carfin Motherwell Junction Motherwell [1st] Motherwell Bridge Motherwell Airbles Wishaw Holytown Cleland [1st] Wishaw South Cleland Ferniegair [2nd] Ferniegair [1st] | Ravenscraig Coke Ovens 1,2,3 Ravenscraig Secondary Steelmaking Unit Ravenscraig Scrap Bay Ravenscraig Blast Furnace No 3 Ravenscraig Blast Furnaces No 1,2 Nether Johnstone Colliery Pits Nos 1 and 2 Ravenscraig Powerstation Ravenscraig BOS Plant Ravenscraig Strip Mill Middle Johnstone Colliery Pit No 10 Ravenscraig Sinter Plant Ravenscraig No 2 Yard Ravenscraig No 1 Signal Box Ravenscraig No 1 Yard Ravenscraig No 4 Yard |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Dates
| / /1937 | Colvilles Ltd Re-structuring begins which will ultimately lead to the construction of the Ravenscraig Steel Works. |
| / /1960 | Polkemmet Mine (Whitburn) Re-built by the National Coal Board, to include a preparation plant. Produced 12000 tons of coking coal per week for the Ravenscraig Steel Works. |
| / /1961 | Colvilles Ltd Ravenscraig Steel Works fully opened. |
| / /1992 | Wishaw Deviation (Caledonian Railway)
Ravenscraig Steel Works The Ravenscraig Steel Works closed in 1992. Ravenscraig No 2 Yard and Ravenscraig No 4 Yard closed. |
