Transient Places

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Transient     adj.

  1. Passing with time; transitory.
  2. Remaining in a place only a brief time.
  3. Decaying with time.

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Barnton Quarry Bunker

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BVT Surface Fleet

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Llanberis Bomb Depot

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The Proving Ground

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Royal Ordnance Factory Bishopton

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Torpedo Testing Station

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Paper Mills:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Caldwell’s Paper Mill

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Fettykill Paper Mill

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Guardbridge Paper Mill

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Kilbagie Mills

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Mugiemoss Paper Mill

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A Scottish Paper Mill

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Tullis Russell Paper Mill

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High Places:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Barclay Curle Crane

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Finnieston Crane

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g1 George Square

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Glasgow Cathedral

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Railways:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Botanic Gardens Station

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Subway Depot

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Mines and Quarries:

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Cononish Gold Mine

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Cults Limestone Mine

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Dinorwic Slate Quarry

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Longannet & Castlebridge
Coal Mine Complex

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Rhiwbach Slate Quarry

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A Welsh Mine

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Miscellaneous:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Acre House

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Central Hotel

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Co-Operative Society Building

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Joseph Black Building

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Lesmahagow High School

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The Molendinar Burn

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Riverside Transport Museum

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Springburn Winter Gardens

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St. Peter’s Seminary

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Power Stations:

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Carrongrove Power Station

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Inverkip Power Station

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Methil Power Station

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Hospitals:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Broomhill Hospital

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Denbigh Asylum

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Gartloch Hospital

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Hartwood Hospital

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Law Hospital

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Talgarth Asylum

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Unnamed Scottish Hospital

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Industrial:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Ballantine’s Distillery

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Brymbo Steelworks

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Coed Talon Brickworks

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EDS Buchanan House

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Fountainbridge Brewery

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Heather Mills

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Howden Engineering Works

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IBM Greenock

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ICI Nobel Explosives, Ardeer

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Jawcraig Brickworks

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Nestlé Purina

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Rockvilla Mushroom Factory

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William Paton Ltd. Mill

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An exploration of Scottish explosives manufacturing
By Ben Cooper
 

Other Info:

 

Why Explore?

 

Resources - links to other sites

 

Google Earth Overlays:

Queen St. and Buchanan St.

1778 Glasgow Map

1878 Glasgow Map

AA Garages Map

Cathedral Map

Trongate Map

City Centre Map

Glasgow District Railways

(most from www.hipkiss.org)

Glasgow Subway

 

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