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Allan Crescent, ALEXANDRIA, G83 0BJ

Allen Crescent taken from the Place of Bonhill

The snow-covered path is to the left of the fence. Beyond the far end of that fence is Image The road at Hillside Avenue turns a corner (in front of the nearest buildings, just right of centre), and becomes Image, which is visible on the right. As for the path in the foreground, its route is continued along Hillside Avenue. Previous: Image Next: Image

This is the view across the railway line towards the depot, as seen from a Image The site was formerly occupied by Millburn Pyroligneous Works (or Millburn Works), where a process of wood distillation was carried out: wood was heated in the absence of air (rather than being burned) in order to extract useful organic compounds. Image faces this depot on the other side of the main road (Image). See http://www.valeofleven.org.uk/pyroligneous.html (at the Vale of Leven website) for a page of old photographs, several of which show the pyroligneous works; for example, in photo 11 on that page, the nearby Image is clearly visible. About 12km to the north, on east Loch Lomondside, there was a pyroligneous works near Balmaha (Image): see https://canmore.org.uk/site/151458/balmaha-pyroligneous-acid-works (at Canmore).

After passing through a Image, the path to Burnbrae turns right (to the north); that section is shown in the present photograph. From this part of the route, the view to the east, over the railway line, is to the Roads Depot, former site of the Millburn Pyroligneous works; see Image for more information. Previous: Image Next: Image

For the family commemorated by this street name, see the "Turnbull" entries at http://www.valeofleven.org.uk/scottishplacenames/Tvale_names.html (Vale of Leven website). For a view from further along the road, see Image The present photograph was taken from the southern end of Turnbull Avenue, at a corner; on the other side of the corner (out of shot to the left) the road becomes Image See Image for a more distant view showing both streets.

This arch is between a path and the railway line; for context, see Image and Image It is probably a remnant of one of the buildings associated with the old Millburn Pyroligneous Works (whose former site is now occupied by a depot: Image). The Vale of Leven website has a page – http://www.valeofleven.org.uk/pyroligneous.html – with old pictures of the works. Photo 11 on that page shows some arches in the background, similar to the one in my picture. However, the one in my photo is on the other side of the railway line, and not below it; it is most probably not far from the arch that is on the right in the old photograph. The other two arches in the old photo, the pair on the left, are still present, and can be seen in Image; the path now leads through the one on the left, and the burn flows through the one on the right (that arch is harder to see because it is obscured by the modern fence).

Between the railway line and the foreground path (which is between two fences) is an opening in a wall; there is an Image to its right, partly concealed by trees. These were probably associated with the Millburn Pyroligneous Works, which were located in the area in the background left, now occupied by Image See also Image

On the right, between the path and the railway line, is an Image (see also Image), presumably associated with the Millburn Pyroligneous Works; the works stood on what is now the site of Image From the part of the path beside the arch, there can be seen to the left of the path a remnant of the wall of a building: Image For the same path, viewed from a little further ahead, see Image

A picture of a Image shows an old arch on the right. Looking to the left, instead, from that point provides a view of this area, where an isolated section of wall is visible. See Image, where there is a link to a page at the Vale of Leven website with various photos of the old Millburn Pyroligneous Works. "Photo 11" at that site shows, in the background, a building on the far (i.e., western) side of the railway line. The wall shown in the present photograph is perhaps a remnant of that building.