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Reed and Heddle Factory, 105-111 John Street, City Centre, 1973.

Founded on this site in 1866-67 by James Neilson and Son, reed makers, this factory was built to make reeds and heddles, essential components of the many power-looms in the city and surrounding areas at the time. The factory had a stone face to John Street, but the faces to Love Loan and Margaret Street, seen here were fine examples of the use of red and white brick, fashionable for industrial buildings at the time. The lotus chimney was unique in Glasgow, if not in Scotland. 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.
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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.
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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.
  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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