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Lennox Street, ALEXANDRIA, G83 0ED

Followed in this direction, it leads past Image and to Antartex (Image). In the opposite direction, it leads to Image, though bollards prevent traffic from driving through. The view is from the foot of the eastern end of a railway footbridge: Image For views from further along the road, see Image and Image

On this side, North Street leads to the foot of the steps; see Image, a view back from the top of these steps. The other side is shown in Image On that side, a road (Image) leads, depending on the direction chosen, either to India Street or to Antartex and Loch Lomond Distillery: Image / Image / Image

From the foot of the steps (Image), North Street continues ahead for about 320 metres before meeting Main Street. On the other side of Main Street, Hill Street continues on more or less the same line. Overton Muir (Image) occupies the central part of the background, with Bromley Muir (Image) to its right (NNW). Like Main Street, North Street was in existence when the first-edition OS map was surveyed in 1860. Hill Street, on the other side of Main Street, had not yet been built. North Street was at that time appropriately named, being the northern limit of development in this part of Alexandria. The railway footbridge from which this picture was taken was also present in 1860. The view from there would then have shown gasworks to the right (north) of the road, where there is now a garage. There is still a gas governor there. The eastern side of the footbridge, the side behind the photographer, is shown in Image

On the far side of the bridge (Image), and continuing in the same direction, is North Street, Alexandria: Image On this side, behind the photographer, is the northern end of India Street (the end that is nearest the photographer's position in Image). Also behind the photographer, and separated from India Street by some bollards, is the start of a road that leads past the bonded warehouses of Image and the entrance of Image (Image / Image) before meeting Bowie Road. For that road, see Image (a view to the right from the point from which the present picture was taken), and Image

The view is from the eastern end of Image (the end from which that picture was taken). On the map, this road appears to be a continuation of India Street (Image / Image); at one time it was, but bollards now block the way for vehicles. Not far ahead, the road turns to the right; see Image for the view from round the corner.

What's left of housing for Turkey Red Dye works India Street Alexandria

According to nearby signage, it is to let, for storage. It is bounded by Lennox Street to the west, Alexander Street to the south, North Street to the north (the entrance is on that side), and by the railway line to the east. (I have specified "Lennox Street, Alexandria" in the title because there is, 2.5 km to the south, another Lennox Street, in Renton.)

For earlier photographs, taken by another contributor, see Image and Image As noted in the first of those items, this housing was built for workers in the neighbouring print and dye works, on which, see Image See http://www.valeofleven.org.uk/indiastreet.html (at the Vale of Leven website) for an article that explains the connection with India, and which provides more information on the industry that was carried on here. That article also includes a picture of Red Row, which preceded India Street. The booklet "The Old Vale and the New" (Jones/Hopner, 1981) contains a photograph of "Linnbrane, Alexandria c.1963"; it mentions India Street, and adds that "an ancient terrace called 'Red Row' was demolished in 1891 to make way for these eight new sandstone terraced houses". Also visible in that photograph is a line of buildings which occupied the roadside, now empty, shown in the lower-right part of my photograph. This was Linnbrane Terrace; there were also some houses on the facing side of the road (the near left, in my photograph); the booklet notes that all of these buildings were torn down in 1976.

India street and Turkey Red Dye Works Gates Alexandria

This common alder (Alnus glutinosa), which was situated beside the River Leven, had a large number of these blisters or pouches on its leaves, possibly caused by a fungus, Taphrina tosquinetii.