Shettleston Oil and Chemical Works
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Shettleston Oil and Chemical WorksDescription
This works was owned by the Shettleston Oil & Chemical Co Ltd. The works was east of Shettleston Junction on the south side of the Glasgow and Coatbridge Branch (North British Railway), just east of where Shettleston Yard was developed. It was rail served by a line running out from the junction.
The works had its own locomotives, one of which was a Alexander Chaplin & Co Ltd 0-4-0 vertical boilered locomotive of 1868 (built at the original Cranstonhill Engine Works [1st] site).
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Oil works chemical works| Nearby stations Garrowhill Mount Vernon North Shettleston Mount Vernon Broomhouse Baillieston Easterhouse Carmyle Baillieston [1st] Carntyne Tollcross Calderpark Halt Maryville Parkhead North Parkhead Stadium | Shettleston East Signal Box Mount Vernon Iron and Steel Works Shettleston Colliery Pits Nos 1 and 2 Shettleston Yard Mount Vernon Goods [NB] Shettleston South Signal Box Shettleston PW Depot Barrachnie Colliery and Brickworks Shettleston Junction Queenslie Colliery Pit No 1 Burntbroom Colliery Pit No 1 Springhill Colliery Pit No 1 Acme Tube Works Eastbank Girder Works Tourist/other Mount Vernon House |
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