Pinkston Power Station

[Rabbie]

Looking for any info on when the now demolished <sept 76> cooling tower that existed at site of Pinkston Power Station was origanally erected. Piccies would be a bonus too!

There are pictures that show it existed in 1955, I have an inking it was post war, otherwise the Luftwaffa would have been crashing into it *:)*

I have had a good trawl though the usual archives, like scran, mitchell lib, but have as yet not came up trumps with a definative answer as to a date when this was built

Maybe, the answer lies here... <fingers crossed>

Cheers

[red_kola]

The brick building was built 1900-1901 to generate electricity for the city's municipal tramways and in 1957 the camouflage paintwork applied during the Second World War is still clearly evident. The cooling tower was the largest in Europe when it was built in 1952-1954.

By 1957 Pinkston was providing electricity for the city's trolley buses, as well as trams, and was contributing 17 million units of electricity to the national grid.

http://www.theglasgowstory.com/searchq.php?&qsearch=pinkston&iore=1
Also See http://www.hiddenglasgow.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=285