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26 unusual facts about Springburn


2002 Glasgow floods

A number of roads were also badly affected by flooding in Sighthill, Springburn as well as the main A82 and A8 roads.

A803 road

Beginning at Springburn in Glasgow, the A803 passes through the towns of Bishopbriggs, Kirkintilloch, Kilsyth, Banknock, Haggs, Bonnybridge, Falkirk, Laurieston, ending east of Linlithgow.

Barney Battles, Sr.

Battles was born in Springburn, Glasgow, he moved to Midlothian when still a boy and played his early football with Bathgate, before joining Hearts in 1894 and then Celtic the following year.

Clyde Locomotive Company

The Clyde Locomotive Company was a firm of locomotive manufacturers in Springburn, Glasgow, Scotland.

Colston

Colston is on the northern edge of Glasgow, surrounded by the areas of Milton and Springburn and the town of Bishopbriggs to the north.

Cowlairs railway works

Cowlairs Locomotive, Carriage and Wagon Works , at Cowlairs in Springburn, an area in the north-east of Glasgow, Scotland, was built in 1841 for the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway and was taken over by the North British Railway (NBR) in 1865.

Finnieston Crane

Connected to a spur of the Stobcross Railway, the crane's primary purpose was the lifting of heavy machinery – mainly Springburn's then renowned steam locomotives – onto ships for export.

Germiston, Glasgow

The area forms part of the suburb of Springburn for political purposes, but is more commonly referred to as part of the Royston corridor,its location midway between Blackhill & Garngad earns it a position as the 'wee sister' of both of those larger neighbourhoods.

Glasgow City Council

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Henry Dübs

Walter Neilson stipulated that it should no closer than three miles to his new Hyde Park Works in Springburn, Glasgow; accordingly, Dübs chose a site in Queens Park in Polmadie on the south side of Glasgow, which began business as the Glasgow Locomotive Works in 1864.

John F. McIntosh

Born in Farnell, Angus, Scotland, in February 1846, MacIntosh would be famous for working at St. Rollox railway works, in Springburn, in Glasgow.

Karl Denver

Denver was born Angus Murdo McKenzie in Springburn, Glasgow and was well travelled by the time he took up singing, having had a previous career in the British Merchant Navy.

Kelvin Scottish

A number of new services were started in competition with Strathclyde Buses, running from Glasgow to Clydebank, Drumchapel, Easterhouse and Springburn.

Kosheen

The trio consists of producers Markee Substance (born Mark Davies 1974, Springburn, Glasgow, Scotland) and Darren Decoder (born Darren Beale 1974, Bristol), with singer and songwriter Sian Evans (born 9 October 1973, Wales).

MC Metals

MC Metals was a metal recycling company based in the Springburn area of Glasgow, Scotland.

Milngavie water treatment works

The Milngavie reservoirs distribute water to secondary reservoirs, such as Cockmuir Reservoir in Springburn Park, and various Water towers throughout the city.

Molly Weir

Born in Glasgow and brought up in the Springburn area of the city, Weir began in amateur dramatics.

NBR G Class

The design was originated by Neilson and Company of Hyde Park Works, Springburn, Glasgow, who built the first examples of the type, mainly for industrial customers, in the 1870s.

Neilson and Company

By 1861, business had increased to such an extent, that a new works was built at Springburn, also named "Hyde Park Works."

North Glasgow College

North Glasgow College was a college located at Springburn in Glasgow and was one of the main providers of further education in the city.

Petershill Park

The ground is only walking distance away from the railway stations, Barnhill and Springburn.

Provanmill

It lies to the North East of the city centre, bordering with the nearby suburbs of Carntyne, Garngad and Springburn.

Springburn Museum

Springburn Museum was set up in the reading room of the Springburn Library, Glasgow, Scotland, and opened by Tom Weir in 1988.

St. Rollox railway works

Rollox Locomotive Works and St Rollox Carriage and Wagon Works were built in 1856 in Springburn, an area in the north-east of Glasgow, Scotland, for the Caledonian Railway, moving away from their works at Greenock.

Sydney MacEwan

He was born and brought up in the Springburn area of Glasgow by his mother alone after his father left the family.

Willie Bain

Following the resignation of local MP and Speaker of the House of Commons Michael Martin, William Bain was selected by the local CLP as the Labour candidate in the Glasgow North East by-election, 2009, subsequently winning the seat.


Glasgow Inner Ring Road

At the Townhead (north-east) interchange, a complex grade separated junction was laid out to connect the North Flank of the ring to three roads proposed or under construction (the East Flank, the A803 Springburn Expressway, and to the Monklands Motorway to carry traffic out of the city to the east and on to Edinburgh) and to the existing A8 road towards Dennistoun and Glasgow Cross.

Sighthill

Sighthill, Glasgow, a housing estate in the Springburn district of the city of Glasgow

That Sinking Feeling

Filming took place on location around the city of Glasgow; scenes featured locations such as Kelvingrove Park, Dennistoun, Springburn and Bishopbriggs railway stations, Cowcaddens, Sighthill and the Butney in Maryhill.

Thornliebank

57 runs in an anti-clockwise circle: Auchinairn, Springburn, City Centre, Shawlands, Thornliebank Arden and Darnley Housing Schemes, then onto Silverburn, Ibrox, Glasgow City Centre, Springburn & Auchinairn.