Westburn Sugar Refinery

Location type

Works

Names and dates

Berryards Sugar Refinery (1896-1896)
Westburn Sugar Refinery (1896-1997)

Served by the Greenock and Wemyss Bay Railway.

Description

This was, from 1976, the Tate and Lyle factory in Greenock, known for its distinctive smell which lingered over the area. The factory has been demolished.

The works was service by sidings from both the Greenock and Wemyss Bay Railway and the Greenock and Ayrshire Railway.

Tags

Sugar refinery

Aliases

Tate and Lyle Factory

External links

Canmore site record
NLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914
NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67