Old photograph of the railway station in Wilsontown, 23 miles to the south east of Glasgow, Scotland. The Ironworks were founded by the three Wilson brothers in 1779, and operated until 1842. The works had two blast furnaces, and in 1790 a forge was added. Later a rolling and slitting mill and additional forging hammers were installed. This increased the capacity of the works to 40 long tons of manufactured iron per week. In its heyday the works employed 2,000 persons. The works had a railway branch line from the site to Auchengray railway station on the Caledonian Railway.
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