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Factory??
« on: Friday 15 March 24 18:44 GMT (UK) »
Does anyone have a clue about where this factory is or what kind of factory it is?? I’m assuming it is in Glasgow, Scotland.

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Re: Factory??
« Reply #1 on: Saturday 16 March 24 21:38 GMT (UK) »
Welcome to RootsChat  :D

Why the assumption that it is in Glasgow?  What is your connection to the photograph?

I brightened the photo considerably and there appears to be rolls? of something, possibly in containers in the background.

Unfortunate that the white coloured board on the left is totally unreadable.
Ashford: Somerset, London
England: Devon, London, New Zealand
Holdway: Wiltshire
Hooper: Bristol, Somerset
Knowling: Devon, London
Southcott: Devon, China
Strong: Wiltshire
Watson: Cambridgeshire
White: Bristol
Windo - Gloucestershire, Somerset, Wiltshire

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Re: Factory??
« Reply #2 on: Saturday 16 March 24 21:52 GMT (UK) »
Is that a turntable they are standing on with tracks, some sort of heavy engineering factory?

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Re: Factory??
« Reply #3 on: Saturday 16 March 24 21:58 GMT (UK) »
I did wonder if it was a turntable/tracks as well Andrew.

Certainly something on which large containers could be moved from inside to outside.

Unfortunate that it is not a clear and well focused photo.  Difficult to date it as well.
Ashford: Somerset, London
England: Devon, London, New Zealand
Holdway: Wiltshire
Hooper: Bristol, Somerset
Knowling: Devon, London
Southcott: Devon, China
Strong: Wiltshire
Watson: Cambridgeshire
White: Bristol
Windo - Gloucestershire, Somerset, Wiltshire

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Re: Factory??
« Reply #4 on: Sunday 17 March 24 15:48 GMT (UK) »
I don’t think it is that old perhaps early fifties, obviously lots of engineering firms in Glasgow at that time.

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Re: Factory??
« Reply #5 on: Sunday 17 March 24 16:03 GMT (UK) »
Lightening it a lot seems to show, on the right,behind the gent with the overcoat what looks to me to be a ship's capstan on a wheeled trolley, this has a gearwheel on the bottom, so is a powered capstan,
It’s big, not part of a little machine ;D.


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Re: Factory??
« Reply #6 on: Sunday 17 March 24 16:08 GMT (UK) »
Just had a look at “ships capstans” on Google, looks reasonable, but I would think things like this came from a general heavy engineering firm or foundry and would be supplied to a shipbuilder as a finished item.

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Re: Factory??
« Reply #7 on: Sunday 17 March 24 20:47 GMT (UK) »
Can’t really make it out but rather than a capstan perhaps a metal press?
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