Re: Manufacturer's plates and stanks seen in Glasgow
Posted: Thu Jan 23, 2014 3:02 pm
Thanks to Anorak for the 1878 Post Office directory info, through this I found the Bellahouston Foundry marked on the 1882 Bartholomew Post Office map (also on 1888 and 1891 maps). It seems Vermont street originally extended further along into the Clutha works and the Foundry was at the extreme west end. The buildings shown at the same location on the 1892-94 OS map are titled Plantation Foundry and have a different layout, so probably the site was reconfigured after Smith and Naysmith ceased to exist but still used as a foundry. Although the foundry was directly adjacent to the Clutha works (P&W Maclellens) it was a separate company operated by William Moses and Co. then taken over by James Walker when Moses went out of business in 1913, the foundry is marked as disused on the 1934 map.