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Townsends’ Chemical Works, 31-33 Townsend Street, Port Dundas, 1967.

Joseph Townsend founded this chemical works, one of the largest in the city, in 1856. At one time it had one of the tallest chimneys in the world. The front part of the works, as seen here, was demolished in 1967 to make way for the M8 urban motorway.
Photo: John R Hume. Yashika 635 twin-lens reflex 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.
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  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.
  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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