- Inchinnan
Inchinnan ("Innis Fhionghain" in
Scottish Gaelic ) is a smallvillage inRenfrewshire ,Scotland . The village is located on the mainA8 road between Renfrew andGreenock , just southeast of the town ofErskine .Historic buildings / sites
Inchinnan swing bridge. The present bridge swings vertically so it is a
bascule bridge ; it replaced an earlier aswing bridge . The bridge is still capable of opening, as theBabcock and Wilcox (nowDoosan Babcock Energy) factory at Porterfield, Renfrew needed to retain the capability to move large loads by boat, via the White Cart Water, to theRiver Clyde .Inchinnan hosts an art deco style Grade A
Listed Building calledIndia of Inchinnan , the former office block of theIndia Tyres of Inchinnan factory which occupied the site from 1927 until the early 1980s. It has now been renovated into private offices.India Tyres also built two groups of houses to accommodate its workers: Allands Avenue and India Drive. Prior to its use as a tyre factory, the site was used byWilliam Beardmore and Company to buildairships inWorld War I ; theInchinnan Airship Constructional Station . Several airships, the No's R24, R27, R34 and the R36 were built on this site. The company built 52 houses in Inchinnan, at Beardmore Cottages, to house its workers.References
* Johnson, Ian, (1993). "Beardmore Built: The Rise and Fall of a Clydeside Shipyard". Clydebank: Clydebank District Libraries & Museums Department.
External links
* http://www.inchinnan.com
* http://www.inchinnan.org.uk/history/people/jimmy_monson.htm
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