Album Scotland from tarboat

Bo'ness

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Mon, 02 Feb 2026 07:00:06 +0000

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Sunset at the Bo'ness headquarters of the Bo'ness and Kinneil Railway operated by the Scottish Railway Preservation Society.

Kiln and cows

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Mon, 22 Dec 2025 07:31:36 +0000

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This two pot limekiln at Boujang in Ayrshire was operating in the 1850s but abandoned by 1890. The shell remains in steadily deteriorating condition.

Scottish cement

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Sun, 21 Dec 2025 08:57:52 +0000

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The Dunbar or Oxwellmains cement works was originally built by Blue Circle in 1963 with three kilns. It was rebuilt with a preheater tower and a single kiln which went into production in 1986. It became part of Lafarge Cement UK in 2001 and passed to Tarmac in 2013.

More details here: www.cementkilns.co.uk/cement_kiln_dunbar.html

Savings Bank

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Thu, 06 Nov 2025 06:21:42 +0000

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The former Airdrie Savings Bank, Main Street, Coatbridge was built in 1920 to the design of architects James Davidson and Son. Mainly red sandstone with granite base and pillars. The lettered panel high up states that the bank was instituted in 1835. It is now a solicitors and is listed Category B.

Paper

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Mon, 27 Oct 2025 07:02:07 +0000

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The UPM Caledonian Paper mill at Irvine in North Ayrshire produces up to 235,000 tonnes of coated magazine paper annually. It has been in operation since 1989.

Birkwood kiln

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Tue, 21 Oct 2025 05:58:27 +0000

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Birkwood Limekiln, Thorntonhall, Lanarkshire. This is a big draw kiln with a 1790 datestone.

Carnegie Library

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Wed, 10 Sep 2025 05:47:54 +0000

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The Carnegie Public Library in Ayr was built in 1893. It was built to the design of Glasgow firm Campbell Douglas and Morrison. Happily it remains as the town library.

Caprington kiln

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Fri, 22 Aug 2025 05:51:08 +0000

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Remains of one of the two Blacksyke limekilns at Caprington, Ayrshire.

Biopower

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Tue, 17 Jun 2025 06:52:46 +0000

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Power station at the UPM Caledonian Paper mill at Irvine. This biomass fired 99 MWth / 28 MWe CHP plant supplies half the mill's electricity needs and all of its process steam requirements.

The Orient

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Sun, 15 Jun 2025 08:18:23 +0000

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The Orient cinema in Ayr was designed by Albert Gardner and opened in 1932. It was designed in the 'atmospheric' manner, with a moorish inspired tower as the focal point of the facade. After nightclub use it has been abandoned for many years.

Pulpwood

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Fri, 06 Jun 2025 13:30:55 +0000

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Timber after debarking being stockpiled at the UPM Caledonian paper mill at Irvine. This mill specialises in the production of coated paper for printing magazines.

Gatehouse

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Thu, 05 Jun 2025 20:30:29 +0000

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A bit of Scottish Baronial style in the gatehouse to Sorn Castle in Ayrshire which was remodelled in the 1860s to the design of David Bryce.

Refining

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Sun, 01 Jun 2025 05:20:49 +0000

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The Ineos operated Grangemouth refinery was the largest industrial plant by volume in Scotland and supplied much of the oil based fuels used in Scotland and the North of England. Crude oil refining ended in April 2025 and the site is now transitioning to an import facilty for fuels.

Ballantine Castings Ltd

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Sun, 22 Dec 2024 07:25:08 +0000

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Two Ballantine brothers started the foundry business at Bo'ness in the 1820s and when one bought out the other in 1856 Arthur Ballantine & Sons was established. The current New Grange Foundry was built in 1876 and continues in use today. Ballantines merged with the Bo’ness Iron Co in 1987, becoming Ballantine Bo’ness Iron Company which is now styled Ballantine Castings Ltd. The business continues to manufacture a wide range of cast iron products.

Baths

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Fri, 01 Nov 2024 07:28:25 +0000

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In 1952 the Pithead Baths were built at Prestongrange Colliery. The architect was J.E.Webster and this was probably a standard National Coal Board design. It was the 100th pithead baths to be erected at a Scottish colliery. The cost was £63,578 and the building provided bathing and clothes storage accommodation for 969 men, including a well-equipped canteen and a cycle store which had space for 50 bicycles and six motorbikes. Sadly its working life was short as the colliery closed in 1962 and the now building stands empty as part of the Industrial Heritage site.

Dunbar cement

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Sat, 05 Oct 2024 05:19:38 +0000

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The Dunbar Sphinx

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Fri, 04 Oct 2024 06:20:11 +0000

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This sphinx statue is situated on Lauderdale House in Dunbar. This Category A listed building incorporates a central block from around 1740,built for Captain James Fall, a wealthy Dunbar merchant. The building was significantly enlarged built to the design of Robert Adam in 1790 - 1792 for the Earl of Lauderdale and the sphinx was added at that time.

Boghead kiln

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Sun, 31 Mar 2024 06:31:02 +0000

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A nice single draw kiln with an oval pot. The adjacent quarry has indications of earlier intermittent clamp kilns.

Highhouse Colliery

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Mon, 25 Mar 2024 20:37:07 +0000

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Highhouse Colliery, Auchinleck, commenced production in 1894. Owned by Bairds & Dalmellington Limited from 1931 until nationalisation, the two shafts were 177m and 174m deep. In 1948 output was 420 tons per day, 185,000 tons per annum, using longwall and stoop and room working. 473 employees. There were screens for dry coal but washing was done at the nearby Barony Colliery. The mine was closed in 1983 and this headgear and winding house, complete with steam winder, are the main remaining structures. They have been listed by Historic Scotland.

Pumping engine

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Sat, 06 Jan 2024 06:38:48 +0000

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Devon Colliery was the Alloa Coal Company's flagship mine. A Cornish-type engine by Neilson & Co of Glasgow was erected here in 1865 and continued in use until the early 1950s. The engine was dismantled in 1965 but the beam survives along with the restored enginehouse. Sadly the office use of the building does not seem to have materialised and it was empty when I visited.