SPW019479 SCOTLAND (1927). Factory, Paisley, possibly attached to Clark and Co. Anchor Mills Thread Works. An oblique aerial photograph taken facing south.

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Title [SPW019479] Factory, Paisley, possibly attached to Clark and Co. Anchor Mills Thread Works. An oblique aerial photograph taken facing south.
Reference SPW019479
Date 1927
Link Canmore Collection item 1246264
Place name
Parish PAISLEY (RENFREW)
District RENFREW
Country SCOTLAND
Easting / Northing 249511, 663373
Longitude / Latitude -4.4035076607643, 55.840093240442
National Grid Reference NS495634

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Route of old canal, abandoned when the railway drained and built their line mostly along its bed. The railway line can be seen on the right, and rejoins the canal further along. This line is still in use, after some years of closure, and links Paisley Canal Station with Glasgow Central.

thomasmann
Monday 3rd of March 2014 11:42:54 PM
This is a very historic bridge. It carries the Paisley Canal railway line over the White Cart water. It is the oldest bridge in the world that still carries a railway, having been originally built as a canal bridge in 1810 by Thomas Telford, long before the railways were established.

Brian
Wednesday 17th of April 2013 03:55:31 PM

User Comment Contributions

This view is actually facing NORTH, not as annoted.

Brian
Wednesday 17th of April 2013 04:41:07 PM
This was the Bleachworks of Clarks Anchor Mills. The building was demolished about 1984

bossjock
Tuesday 11th of December 2012 10:54:04 PM
I would argue this is facing north and is part of the Clark and Co. Anchor Mills Thread Works. It seems to be the easternmost part of the Anchor Recreation area crossing north over the White Cart. This is also visible on another of your images:

http://www.britainfromabove.org.uk/image/spw045826

...to the right/centre.

Paul Cochrane
Saturday 27th of October 2012 08:13:13 PM