IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Elderpark Street, GLASGOW, G51 3UD

Category A listed library http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB33310 by Sir John James Burnet, 1902-3. The library is currently closed, but there are plans by Glasgow Life who run libraries on behalf of Glasgow City Council, to renovate the building to include a cafe and community centre space, in addition to providing library services.

Category A listed library http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB33310 by Sir John James Burnet, 1902-3. The library is currently closed, but there are plans by Glasgow Life who run libraries on behalf of Glasgow City Council, to renovate the building to include a cafe and community centre space, in addition to providing library services.

Category A listed library http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB33310 by Sir John James Burnet, 1902-3. The library is currently closed, but there are plans by Glasgow Life who run libraries on behalf of Glasgow City Council, to renovate the building to include a cafe and community centre space, in addition to providing library services.

The sandstone tenements overlook Elder Park and Elder Park Library.

The Category B listed http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB33305 sculpture by Sir J E Boehm was erected in 1888. JOHN ELDER ENGINEER AND SHIPBUILDER BORN AT GLASGOW 8 MARCH 1824 DIED 17 SEPTEMBER 1869 --- HIS UNWEARIED EFFORTS TO PROMOTE THE WELFARE OF THE WORKING CLASSES, HIS INTEGRITY OF CHARACTER, FIRMNESS OF PURPOSE AND KINDNESS OF HEART CLAIM EQUALLY WITH HIS GENIUS, ENDURING REMEMBRANCE. --- BY HIS MANY INVENTIONS. PARTICULARLY IN CONNECTION WITH THE COMPOUND ENGINE, HE EFFECTED A REVOLUTION IN ENGINEERING SECOND ONLY TO THAT ACCOMPLISHED BY JAMES WATT, AND IN GREAT MEASURE, ORIGINATED THE DEVELOPMENTS IN STEAM PROPULSION WHICH HAVE CREATED MODERN COMMERCE. --- TO COMMEMORATE THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF HIS GENIUS AND IN GRATEFUL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF HIS SERVICES TO THE COMMUNITY AMONG WHOM HE LIVED THIS STATUE WAS ERECTED BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION MAY 1888 The sculpture includes a representation of his 'patent compound inverted vertical steam engine' which was patented by Randolph and Elder in the 1850s.

The Category B listed http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB33305 sculpture by Sir J E Boehm was erected in 1888. JOHN ELDER ENGINEER AND SHIPBUILDER BORN AT GLASGOW 8 MARCH 1824 DIED 17 SEPTEMBER 1869 --- HIS UNWEARIED EFFORTS TO PROMOTE THE WELFARE OF THE WORKING CLASSES, HIS INTEGRITY OF CHARACTER, FIRMNESS OF PURPOSE AND KINDNESS OF HEART CLAIM EQUALLY WITH HIS GENIUS, ENDURING REMEMBRANCE. --- BY HIS MANY INVENTIONS. PARTICULARLY IN CONNECTION WITH THE COMPOUND ENGINE, HE EFFECTED A REVOLUTION IN ENGINEERING SECOND ONLY TO THAT ACCOMPLISHED BY JAMES WATT, AND IN GREAT MEASURE, ORIGINATED THE DEVELOPMENTS IN STEAM PROPULSION WHICH HAVE CREATED MODERN COMMERCE. --- TO COMMEMORATE THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF HIS GENIUS AND IN GRATEFUL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF HIS SERVICES TO THE COMMUNITY AMONG WHOM HE LIVED THIS STATUE WAS ERECTED BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION MAY 1888 The sculpture includes a representation of his 'patent compound inverted vertical steam engine' which was patented by Randolph and Elder in the 1850s.

The Category B listed http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB33305 sculpture by Sir J E Boehm was erected in 1888. JOHN ELDER ENGINEER AND SHIPBUILDER BORN AT GLASGOW 8 MARCH 1824 DIED 17 SEPTEMBER 1869 --- HIS UNWEARIED EFFORTS TO PROMOTE THE WELFARE OF THE WORKING CLASSES, HIS INTEGRITY OF CHARACTER, FIRMNESS OF PURPOSE AND KINDNESS OF HEART CLAIM EQUALLY WITH HIS GENIUS, ENDURING REMEMBRANCE. --- BY HIS MANY INVENTIONS. PARTICULARLY IN CONNECTION WITH THE COMPOUND ENGINE, HE EFFECTED A REVOLUTION IN ENGINEERING SECOND ONLY TO THAT ACCOMPLISHED BY JAMES WATT, AND IN GREAT MEASURE, ORIGINATED THE DEVELOPMENTS IN STEAM PROPULSION WHICH HAVE CREATED MODERN COMMERCE. --- TO COMMEMORATE THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF HIS GENIUS AND IN GRATEFUL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF HIS SERVICES TO THE COMMUNITY AMONG WHOM HE LIVED THIS STATUE WAS ERECTED BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION MAY 1888 The sculpture includes a representation of his 'patent compound inverted vertical steam engine' which was patented by Randolph and Elder in the 1850s.

The modern tenement in the middle marks the site of the former Congregational church which used to occupy the site. It was demolished in 2008. See Canmore https://canmore.org.uk/site/294145/glasgow-elderpark-street-congregational-church.

Much of Elder Park is amenity grassland, with tree-lined paths criss-crossing the area.