Old Photograph Fire Station Kelbourne Street Glasgow Scotland

Old photograph of the Fire Station on Kelbourne Street in Glasgow, Scotland. The station was constructed during the period 1939 to 1940 and replaced the former Maryhill Fire Station situated at Gairbraid Avenue, Glasgow. It was used by Glasgow Auxiliary Fire Service personnel during the hostilities of the second World War. It was at the time of its construction, claimed to be one of the most modern fire stations in the United Kingdom with a full range of workshops, drive through five bay appliance room, spacious court yard with testing well, assembly and recreational facilities plus accommodation for thirty families of firefighters.



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Old Photograph Cinema Argyle Street Glasgow Scotland

Old photograph of St Enoch Picture Theatre on Argyle Street, Glasgow, Scotland. It began life as a music hall, Crouch's Wonderland, which showed films from 1897. It was renamed in 1913, although variety shows continued to be staged until the 1920s. The cinema closed in 1935, although the building survived as a shop.





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Old Photograph Fire Station Govan Scotland

Old photograph of the Fire Station in Russell Street off Orkney Street in Govan, Glasgow, Scotland. The fire station was located at the rear of Govan Town Hall, which was built in Albert Street, subsequently renamed Orkney Street, in 1867 and contained all the council offices. The fire and police services remained in the old building when the new Town Hall opened in Summerstown Road in 1899. By 1905 the Govan brigade also operated from a sub station at Plantation.



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Old Photograph Kendoon Power Station Scotland

Old photograph of Kendoon Power Station in Dumfries And Galloway, Scotland. This station is about one mile downstream from Ken Dam, and just south of the junction of the Blackwater Burn tributary. It contains two 10.5MW turbines of the vertical shaft single floor type. The natural gradient of the two mile stretch of river below the power station has been utilised by the construction of Carsfad Dam, which ponds the water back to one foot below the level of the concrete sill controlling the tail-race level at Kendoon. This powerhouse receives water from Kendoon Loch and has two installed turbines used to generate electricity. The installed plant, and design of the building is very similar to that seen at Glenlee, which predates it, Carsfad and Earlstoun. This station is of almost identical design to Earlstoun, Carsfad and Glenlee. The powerhouse exhibits a functionalist modern classical design which characterises the Galloway scheme, illustrating the dynamic modern view which was held of the industry at this time. The powerhouse retains major interior features such as the overhead crane by William Arrol.



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Old Photograph Ringford Scotland

Old photograph of cottages and houses in Ringford village beside the Tarff Water. It is about four miles north of the fishing town of Kirkcudbright in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. The Kirkcudbright Railway used to run past the village, the nearest stop being Tarff. The 1895 public timetable shows seven trains each way except Sundays; one each way ran Mondays and Fridays only; the journey time was 25 minutes. A mid morning train from London St Pancras, England, to Glasgow gave a connection at Dumfries for Castle Douglas. The railway opened in 1864, and closed in 1965.



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