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This Is My Glasgow
This Is My Glasgow
@thisismyglasgow@mastodon.scot  ·  activity timestamp last week

I love this sculpture of a steam locomotive over the door of James Miller's 1903 North British Locomotive Company offices in the Springburn area of Glasgow. I particularly like the detail of the blocks and chains on either side, which were used to haul the completed locomotives through the streets of Glasgow and load them onto ships using the Finnieston Crane so they could be exported all over the world.

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#train #architecture #sculpture #architecturephotography

A sculpture of a steam locomotive on an Eswardian industrial building.
A sculpture of a steam locomotive on an Eswardian industrial building.
A sculpture of a steam locomotive on an Eswardian industrial building.
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This Is My Glasgow
This Is My Glasgow
@thisismyglasgow@mastodon.scot replied  ·  activity timestamp last week

It's been estimated that 30,000 locomotives produced in Springburn were transported through the city in this manner, first with teams of Clydesdale horses, then steam engines and finally diesel-powered ones.

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#train #architecture #sculpture #architecturephotography #glasgowhistory

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