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The Saracen Foundry, 73 Hawthorn Street, Possilpark, 1965.

This was the centrepiece of the frontage of the Saracen Foundry in Hawthorn Street, which was moved here in 1869 by the firm of Walter Macfarlane & Co, which was already established as a major maker of ornamental and architectural cast iron products. From this Possilpark foundry the firm became the world’s leading producer of such goods. The building in this view, decorated with some of the company’s products, was designed by James Boucher, a Glasgow architect with a close association with the firm.
Photo: John R Hume. Regular 35mm camera, digital print © HES

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End of the Line Photographs of Glasgow's Industrial Past by John R Hume
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  1. Introduction
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  2. The Regent Flour Mills, Bunhouse Road, Kelvingrove, 1967.
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  3. The United Cooperative Baking Society’s bakery, 12 McNeil Street, Moffat Street frontage, 1967.
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  4. The Cranstonhill Bakery, 38-42 Cranston Street, Anderston, 1967.
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  5. The South Sawmillfield Cotton Mill, 6-12 Burns Street, Port Dundas, 1965.
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  6. The Saracen Foundry, 73 Hawthorn Street, Possilpark, 1965.
  7. The Gorbals Grain Mills, 87-97 Surrey Street, Gorbals, 1966.
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  8. Townsends’ Chemical Works, 31-33 Townsend Street, Port Dundas, 1967.
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  9. The Anderston Cotton Work, 93 Cheapside Street, Anderston, 1966.
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  10. Monumental Sculptors’ Works, 60 Cathedral Street, Townhead, 1967.
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  11. Pointhouse Shipbuilding Yard, 250 Ferry Road, 1964.
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  12. Reed and Heddle Factory, 105-111 John Street, City Centre, 1973.
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  13. The Clyde Foundry, 184 Helen Street, Govan, 1967.
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  14. Parkhead Forge, G Shop, East Wellington Street, Parkhead, 1967.
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  15. Concluding Remarks
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