Gasholder

A pair of gasholders located next to Forth and Clyde Canal on the former gasworks site. Gasholder Number 4 (the southern of the pair) was built in 1893 by Barrowfield Ironworks Ltd for the Corporation of Glasgow Gas Department of Type 32 frame. The three-tier circular frame is 41.5 metres in height and has 26 steel lattice standards, braced by three tiers of steel lattice box girders. There are also three tiers of diagonal bracings. Three telescopic steel riveted and welded sheeted shells are set in a sunken brickwork and puddled clay lined tank (73 metres in diameter and 14 metres in depth). Repairs took place to No. 4 Gasholder including the access stairways and walkways fitted in 1970. Selected frame girders, guides and tie replacements in 1970 following fire damage. Further external framing repairs in 1973 and some column guide replacements in 1999.

Gasholder Number 5 (the northern of the pair) was built in 1900 by the same company and is of the same type and design but with a slightly different specification. Barrowfield Ironworks Ltd for the Corporation of Glasgow Gas Department of Type 32 frame. The circular frame is 44.5 metres in height and has 24 steel lattice standards. The sunken tank is 71 metres in diameter and 15 metres in depth. Repairs to no. 5 Gasholder include; crown and cup replacement and overhauls in 1984 and middle lift grips repaired and two crown rollers overhauled in 2000.

In accordance with Section 1 (4A) of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) (Scotland) Act 1997 the following are excluded from the listing: the shells and the tank of No. 4 Gasholder and No. 5 Gasholder.