Glasgow buildings [11]
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Glasgow buildings [11]
Image: © Michael Dibb Taken: 25 Jun 2019
This delightful V shaped building with frontages to Ruchill Street and to the Forth & Clyde Canal was built circa 1874 and was the Glasgow Lead & Colour Works of Alexander, Fergusson & Co. The works was still in use in 1967 but the replacement of lead-based paints by less toxic paints resulted in its closure in the 1980s. Listed, category C, with details at: http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB33752
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Image Location
Latitude
55.886741
Longitude
-4.282142