Sentinel Works

Location type

Works

Name and dates

Sentinel Works (1880-1961)

Served by the Polloc and Govan Railway.
Open on the William Beardmore & Co Ltd.

Description

This was the works of Alley and MacLellan. It was located on the east side of Polmadie Bridge, south of the West Coast Main Line (former Polloc and Govan Railway) opposite the Polmadie Depot.

In 1918 William Beardmore & Co Ltd took control of Alley and MacLellan. The 1916 Sentinel Wagon Works, Shrewsbury, was now for steam vehicle production and the Glasgow works now focused on other products.

The company was known for the development of the Sentinel Steam Railcar, used on several countryside lines where passenger traffic was low. The company bought the rights to steam wagons in 1906.

After the railway related production was moved south, Sentinel-Cammell railcars were introduced on the Forth and Clyde Junction Railway and Deeside Railway in 1929, and the Strathendrick and Aberfoyle Railway in 1930. Railcars also ran on the Methven branch from Methven Junction (some running out from Perth).

Tags

Works iron works

External links

Canmore site record
NLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914
NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
03/08/2022

Chronology Dates

  /  /1918William Beardmore & Co
William Beardmore & Co takes control of Alley and MacLellan. Sentinel Wagon Works, Shrewsbury, now for steam vehicle production. The Glasgow works, Sentinel Works of Polmadie, now focused on other products.

Books


A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain: Scotland - The Lowlands and the Borders v. 6 (Regional railway history series)

An Illustrated History of Glasgow's Railways

Beardmore Aviation: The Story of a Scottish Industrial Giant's Aviation Activities

Beardmore Built HMS Argus 1914 to 1947: The World's First Flat-Top Aircraft Carrier

Beardmore Built, The Rise And Fall Of A Clydeside Shipyard.

Beardmore: The history of a Scottish industrial giant

Caledonian Railway

Glasgow Stations