SPW020272 SCOTLAND (1928). William Baird and Co. Dumbreck Colliery, Queenzieburn, Kilsyth. An oblique aerial photograph taken facing north.

Title	[SPW020272] William Baird and Co. Dumbreck Colliery, Queenzieburn, Kilsyth. An oblique aerial photograph taken facing north.
Reference	SPW020272
Date	1928
Link	Canmore Collection item 1256678
Place name
Parish	KILSYTH (NORTH LANARKSHIRE)
District	CUMBERNAULD AND KILSYTH
Country	SCOTLAND
Easting / Northing	270150, 677590
Longitude / Latitude	-4.0809661036977, 55.973756766846
National Grid Reference	NS702776

William Baird & Co. (Bairds & Scottish Steel Limited ) Dumbreck Coke Works Report as Inappropriate	Andy A	Monday 6th of October 2014 04:17:39 PM
Dumbreck colliery pithead Report as Inappropriate	Andy A	Monday 6th of October 2014 04:15:39 PM
Dumbreck Colliery, opened 1887, closed 1/1963 Report as Inappropriate	mannidaze	Saturday 30th of August 2014 06:04:40 PM
This pin is over the coke works. The colliery pithead is to the east, on the other side of the railway. Report as Inappropriate	Andy A	Monday 6th of October 2014 04:16:32 PM
bairds of gartshore mineral line crossin the a803west of kilsyth. this line extended on a route above kilsyth to a quarry near the north entrance to colzium estate. the line is now a walkway, the quarry is infilled and part of kilsyth lennox golf club. Report as Inappropriate	PGBrady	Thursday 2nd of May 2013 03:36:30 PM
The High Line Report as Inappropriate	almac	Monday 1st of July 2013 12:25:22 PM

Dumbreck Colliery, Queenzieburn, Kilsyth. I believe this is the same Wm Baird company that owned and operated the Craighead pit in Blantyre, Lanarkshire.	Joe	Monday 6th of October 2014 04:24:01 PM
That is correct. Bairds were a pig iron and steel manufacturing company based at Gartsherrie, owning their own pits across Lanarkshire and Ayrshire and also into the North of England. They also owned the coke works here at Dumbreck which is the subject of the photo. In 1931 the Ayrshire pits merged with those of the Dalmellington Iron Co. to form Bairds and Dalmellington, 75% controlled by Bairds and with a 70% control of the Ayrshire coal field. They were later (1939) part of Bairds & Scottish Steel Limited when they merged with the Scottish Iron & Steel Co. Further details of the convoluted company history can be seen here; http://cheshire.cent.gla.ac.uk/ead/search?operation=search&fieldidx1=bath.geographicName&fieldrel1=exact&fieldcont1=gartsherrie%20(scotland)	Andy A	Monday 6th of October 2014 04:24:01 PM