Records of the Glasgow, Airdrie & Monklands Railway, Scotland 1846-1847

Mitchells, Johnston & Co c1745-

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Glasgow, Airdrie & Monklands Railway (railway company: 1846: Scotland)

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Between 1836 and 1846 the number of blast furnaces in and around Coatbridge, North Lanarkshire, Scotland, increased from 10 to 60, and the existing railways proved inadequate. In 1846, several Monkland ironmasters, including J B Neilson, John Wilson of Dundyvan, William Dixon and Colin Dunlop, promoted a new direct railway into Glasgow. It was to be 11 miles long and to run via Shettleston to a terminus in the heart of Glasgow. The majority of the shareholders were from the Monkland...

Glasgow, Airdrie & Monklands Railway 1846

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