Antrim town
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Antrim town by Robert Ashby as part of the Geograph project.
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Antrim town
Image: © Robert Ashby Taken: 12 Nov 2013
Bourlon Road, Antrim. Although it has been a cul-de-sac for many years it would once have went from the Belfast Road, where the photo was taken from, to the Greystone Road. After realigning the Greystone Road to link it to the then just completed Fountain Hill, Bourlon Road was terminated near the spot where it would have joined the Greystone Road. This would have happened in the late '60's when Antrim started to rapidly expand with the arrival of the British Enkalon factory manufacturing nylon thread and a consequent growth in the population coming from all over N. Ireland for the well-paid jobs which became available. Unfortunately the boom times ended suddenly in 1980 when Enkalon closed down, unable to compete with cheap nylon products from the Far East.
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Image Location
Latitude
54.712927
Longitude
-6.204135