IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Fifty Pitches Way, GLASGOW, G51 4FD
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Fifty Pitches Way, G51 4FD by members of the Geograph project.
The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.
There are currently over 7.5m images from over14,400 individuals and you can help contribute to the project by visiting https://www.geograph.org.uk
Image Map
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Notes
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- The higher the marker number, the further away the image location is from the centre of the postcode.
Image Listing (25 Images Found)
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M8, Glasgow
Where the M8 motorway passes close to the centre of the city, it forms part of the (still incomplete) Glasgow Inner Ring Road and is both the busiest and widest motorway in Scotland and the most elaborate urban motorway in Britain (http://www.sabre-roads.org.uk/wiki/index.php?title=M8 SABRE)
Note the typical “Glasgow-type” sign gantry with the following distinctive elements:
• Near and offside support legs (basically 2 rectangular hollow sections with base plates to allow connections to the foundations)
• A Main Frame (made up of rectangular hollow sections) - Over clad on the front and rear.
• A Sub Frame (made up of smaller hollow sections and welded to main frame).
• A Sign Face - acrylic sheets hung from the front of the sub frame over its full height.
• Internal Electrics - sign lighting provided through the use of several dozen fluorescent battens.
Gantries of this type were first erected as part of the construction of the Kingston Bridge and its approach roads in 1970 and they are now a familiar sight on the network around Glasgow.
More information on “Glasgow Style Gantries” at http://www.glasgows-motorways.co.uk/glasgow-gantries/4578281645 (Glasgow’s Motorways)
Image: © David Dixon
Taken: 24 Mar 2014
0.11 miles
3
The Luma Building
A former factory on Shieldhall Road at Hardgate Road, now converted to flats. A great example of Art Deco architecture.
Image: © Thomas Nugent
Taken: 30 Sep 2007
0.12 miles
4
Glasgow (Shieldhall) Royal Observer Corps Post
The Royal Observer Corps Underground Monitoring Post at Shieldhall, Glasgow.
Image: © Unknown
Taken: 19 Feb 2005
0.12 miles
5
Vacant ground, Shieldhall
This area of vacant ground beside Hardgate Road is slowly being taken over by birch scrub. The building in the distance is Barclay & Mathieson Ltd (steel stockholder and distributor) Image
Image: © Richard Sutcliffe
Taken: 26 Apr 2021
0.12 miles
6
The Luma Tower at night
An Art Deco style former lightbulb factory which was converted to residential use in 1995/6. Category B Listed http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB33308 .
Image: © Thomas Nugent
Taken: 27 Dec 2024
0.12 miles
7
Luma Tower
Part of the former Luma Lamp factory, built in 1936. It later became Caravanland and then McNair Engineering. It was converted to residential accommodation and offices in 1995-96. Category B listed https://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB33308.
Image: © Richard Sutcliffe
Taken: 11 Sep 2023
0.12 miles
8
The Luma Tower at night
An Art Deco style former lightbulb factory which was converted to residential use in 1995/6. Category B Listed http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB33308 .
Image: © Thomas Nugent
Taken: 27 Dec 2024
0.12 miles
9
The Luma Tower at night
An Art Deco style former lightbulb factory which was converted to residential use in 1995/6. Category B Listed http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB33308 .
Image: © Thomas Nugent
Taken: 27 Dec 2024
0.12 miles
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The Luma Tower
An Art Deco style former lightbulb factory which was converted to residential use in 1995/6. Category B Listed http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB33308 .
Image: © Thomas Nugent
Taken: 15 Dec 2021
0.12 miles