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Meadowside Granary
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[[File:Meadowside Granary (the 1937 building) - geograph.org.uk - 1035489.jpg|thumb|The derelict 1937 building, shortly before demolition]]
'''Meadowside Granary''' was a complex of four interlinked [[granary]] buildings situated on the north bank of the [[River Clyde]] in the [[Partick]] area of [[Glasgow]], Scotland. Constructed in four phases between 1911 and 1967, the finished construction was the largest brick building in Europe at the time. The granary closed in 1988 and was demolished in 2002; the site is now occupied by part of the [[Glasgow Harbour]] development.
==History==
The first Meadowside Granary was a thirteen-storey, thirteen-bay brick building. Both it and the adjacent Meadowside Quay were built by [[Glasgow]] engineer William Alston for the Clyde Navigation Trust between 1911 and 1913.<ref></ref> The site, on the north bank of the [[River Clyde]] at Castlebank Street, [[Partick]], was formerly [[Meadowside]] football ground, which had been the home of [[Partick Thistle F.C.]] until 1908. During construction, damage was caused by a severe storm on 27 November 1912 that blew down four cranes at the site.<ref></ref> After opening, Meadowside became the most important grain store in the United Kingdom during World War I.<ref name="GLive">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
The granary was first extended in 1937, when a second building was added. A further extension in 1960 cost £3 million and added 500,000 tons of capacity to double the existing storage. The fourth and final building was completed in 1967 and added a further 80,000 tons at a cost of £1.5 million. High level gantries were added to link the buildings. When completed, the Meadowside complex was the largest grain storage facility in the UK and the largest brick building in Europe, with over five million bricks used in its construction.<ref name="GLive" />
The Upper Clyde was still a thriving port in the 1960s, but shipping declined thereafter. Meadowside was closed in 1988 and finally demolished in 2002.<ref name="GLive" /> Port operators Clydeport was taken over in 2003 by [[the Peel Group]],<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> who subsequently used the land for part of the [[Glasgow Harbour]] regeneration project. The site of the granary is now occupied by residential apartments.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
==Notes==
==References==
==External links==
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[[Category:Buildings and structures in Glasgow]]
[[Category:Partick]]
[[Category:Granaries]]
[[Category:Brick buildings and structures]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1913]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures demolished in 2002]]
'''Meadowside Granary''' was a complex of four interlinked [[granary]] buildings situated on the north bank of the [[River Clyde]] in the [[Partick]] area of [[Glasgow]], Scotland. Constructed in four phases between 1911 and 1967, the finished construction was the largest brick building in Europe at the time. The granary closed in 1988 and was demolished in 2002; the site is now occupied by part of the [[Glasgow Harbour]] development.
==History==
The first Meadowside Granary was a thirteen-storey, thirteen-bay brick building. Both it and the adjacent Meadowside Quay were built by [[Glasgow]] engineer William Alston for the Clyde Navigation Trust between 1911 and 1913.<ref></ref> The site, on the north bank of the [[River Clyde]] at Castlebank Street, [[Partick]], was formerly [[Meadowside]] football ground, which had been the home of [[Partick Thistle F.C.]] until 1908. During construction, damage was caused by a severe storm on 27 November 1912 that blew down four cranes at the site.<ref></ref> After opening, Meadowside became the most important grain store in the United Kingdom during World War I.<ref name="GLive">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
The granary was first extended in 1937, when a second building was added. A further extension in 1960 cost £3 million and added 500,000 tons of capacity to double the existing storage. The fourth and final building was completed in 1967 and added a further 80,000 tons at a cost of £1.5 million. High level gantries were added to link the buildings. When completed, the Meadowside complex was the largest grain storage facility in the UK and the largest brick building in Europe, with over five million bricks used in its construction.<ref name="GLive" />
The Upper Clyde was still a thriving port in the 1960s, but shipping declined thereafter. Meadowside was closed in 1988 and finally demolished in 2002.<ref name="GLive" /> Port operators Clydeport was taken over in 2003 by [[the Peel Group]],<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> who subsequently used the land for part of the [[Glasgow Harbour]] regeneration project. The site of the granary is now occupied by residential apartments.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
==Notes==
==References==
==External links==
*
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Glasgow]]
[[Category:Partick]]
[[Category:Granaries]]
[[Category:Brick buildings and structures]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1913]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures demolished in 2002]]
July 30, 2018 at 05:59AM
