Former weaving factory and car factory on James Street
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Former weaving factory and car factory on James Street by Thomas Nugent as part of the Geograph project.
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Former weaving factory and car factory on James Street
Image: © Thomas Nugent Taken: 8 Oct 2012
The Glasgow City Council leaflet "Bridgeton Heritage Trail", describes the taller of the two buildings in the photo as follows... "A red and yellow brick, 4-storey building with an interesting history. This was designed in 1888 by the architect Ninian MacWhannell (1860-1939) as a weaving factory for Thomas Thomson, a power-loom cloth manufacturer. For a short period from 1906-1908 the building was home to the All British Car Company. The company was founded by George Johnston, formerly of Arrol-Johnston and one of the pioneers of automobile design and manufacture in the UK, primarily for the manufacture of a 54hp eight cylinder car. Unfortunately the design of the All-British proved a little over-complicated and only a dozen cars were completed. The building is listed at Category B."
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Image Location
Latitude
55.848077
Longitude
-4.229233