lanes with metal rails/kerbs

[toomse]

thought I'd post up some of my collection of metal rails/kerbs from around the city centre

Bath Lane/Hope Street










Bath Lane/West Campbell Street





Bothwell Lane/West Campbell Street










left hand side of lane viewing west





National Bank Lane





Renfield Lane/Hope Street










Renfield Lane/Renfield Street





Renfield Lane/West Nile Street





Sauchiehall Lane/Hope Street





Sauchiehall Lane/West Nile Street





South Exchange Court





St Marys Lane










St Vincent Lane/Wellington Street















outside Treasure Island Hope Street










lane on Buchanan Street at Argyle Arcade





same lane viewing from Queen Street





Waterloo Lane





Wellington Lane - Sauchiehall Street to Hope Street





West George Lane/West Campbell Street





West George Lane - Renfield Street to West Nile Street















West Regent Lane/Hope Street










19 Queen Street





74 Brunswick Street

[Ronnie]

Thanks, toomse
Anyone know who made these, what varieties there were, and if they had different purposes?

[Icecube]

The old word 'Shuck' comes to mind, drainage? if the metal channels had been a bit closer together I might have thought they were to enable easier passage of carts and some in the photos look as if they were but others don't.

[scaryman2u]

I read somewhere (probably here) that they prevent the carts from riding up on the pavements

[Ronnie]

Thanks, but there are clearly different styles of metal bits here - some to keep carts off the pavement, some to pretect the kerb edge, and some perhaps to guide carts along a particular route. So I don't think there is one answer, like "drainage" or "keeping carts off the pavements". Anybody know any guides to these things? Any roads experts here?

[toomse]

Bothwell Lane/Blythswood Street

wasn’t so much the metal rail that caught my attention here but the sound of gushing air from about 10m away




most excellent set of metal grilles here, both are about 4m in depth, look like they’re connected by a passageway and the air is positively roaring out!



Nice shot of one of the grilles with a metal rail in the foreground. This interlocking rail design is quite a common feature around town. I’ve tried googling for info on metal rails like Ronnie suggests but without the correct terminology I’ve so far been unsuccessful.






























total bummer as access to inspect below the grilles looks like it’s via 82 Blythswood Street which is dubbed up

[Fossil]

The sets were used to keep the carts from dislodging their cargo. It also stopped the granite sets from being chipped and damaged.

Fossil

[Ronnie]

The sets were used to keep the carts from dislodging their cargo. It also stopped the granite sets from being chipped and damaged.

Fossil

Which ones are the sets? There seems to have been a variety of designs.

[toomse]

Well access to below the Bothwell Lane grilles was easier than expected via 95 Bothwell Street





























































































































here’s what all the noise is coming from










behind this fan is directly below the east side grille










to gain access to the west side grille you have to crawl through this small wooden door/vent thingy





think I’ll need to employ a young acolyte as I wasn’t for going in there today……anyway

[Icecube]

Toomse you are a true commando, well done. Does HG have a bail money fund?

[Josef]

We used it all up in The Perry Incident at the second-last drinks night.

I confess to being slightly feart to ask precisely how he gains access to these places, but I suppose what we don't know won't hurt us...

[Icecube]

We used it all up in The Perry Incident at the second-last drinks night.

I confess to being slightly feart to ask precisely how he gains access to these places, but I suppose what we don't know won't hurt us...

Ah the infamous 'Perry Incident' - sounds like my kind of night

My theory - and its only a theory at this stage - is that he walks through the front door, Michael Caine style.

[Mori]

Toomse you are gona end up walking through a timewarp in to the Grahamston village one of these days.

Get photies if you do.


My assesment of your gaining access to the underworld:
I reckon as well as having the universal skeleton key set you have a City Council badge kit you have made up that scares everyone in officialdom