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Parkhead Forge, G Shop, East Wellington Street, Parkhead, 1967.

William Beardmore & Co Ltd’s Parkhead Forge was developed before the First World War to make munitions, including large gun barrels for heavy warships. This massive workshop was built in 1900-01 to house the large machine tools needed to make these and other massive steel products. It was one of the largest buildings of its type in the city.
Photo: John R Hume. Yashika 635 twin-lens reflex camera, digital print
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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.
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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.
  15. Concluding Remarks
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