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61-89 Jessie Street, Sentinel Works

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75:. At this point, the factory had already been unused for an unknown period of time. Over the following decades, the condition of the building deteriorated noticeably. All of the glazing is now missing and some of the concrete in the damp masonry is chipping away. In 1994, the Sentinel Works were added to the 103:
is responsible for planning and construction in collaboration with the Brand & Lithgow architectural firm. The south-facing front façade of the four-story building on Jessie Street is twelve bays wide; the side facades are three bays wide.
56:. The Sentinel Works had its own foundry and was mainly used to produce ships for inland waters. Around 500 ships were manufactured there as kits and assembled at their destination. Between 1918 and 1937 the factory belonged to 177: 99:. The flat roof construction anticipates the daylight-flooded American-style production facilities that would later also appear in England. The designer 187: 76: 145: 57: 172: 182: 87:
The Sentinel Works is located in an industrial area in Glasgow's southeast. During construction, the innovative
72: 92: 53: 52:. The Sentinel was developed at this site and was later manufactured in the English factories of the 49: 67:
In 1993 an application for demolition was rejected. This was in connection with the relocation of a
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was used. Today it is the third oldest surviving reinforced concrete building in the
119: 61: 33: 25: 79:. In 2014, it's condition was classified as very poor and at high risk. 29: 21: 149: 36:. In 1991 the building was included in the Scottish 8: 131:Information on scottisharchitects.org.uk 112: 77:Buildings at Risk Register for Scotland 178:Category A listed buildings in Glasgow 48:The factory was built in 1904 for the 7: 14: 91:construction method according to 188:Industrial buildings in Scotland 71:as part of the extension of the 120:Entry on buildingsatrisk.org.uk 1: 146:Historic Environment Scotland 40:in the highest category A.. 204: 60:and was bought by the 54:Sentinel Waggon Works 50:Alley & MacLellan 150:"Monument No. 82480" 93:François Hennebique 89:reinforced concrete 173:1900s architecture 183:Ruins in Scotland 195: 159: 133: 128: 122: 117: 101:Archibald Leitch 38:Listed Buildings 203: 202: 198: 197: 196: 194: 193: 192: 163: 162: 144: 141: 136: 129: 125: 118: 114: 110: 85: 46: 12: 11: 5: 201: 199: 191: 190: 185: 180: 175: 165: 164: 161: 160: 140: 137: 135: 134: 123: 111: 109: 106: 97:United Kingdom 84: 81: 45: 42: 18:Sentinel Works 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 200: 189: 186: 184: 181: 179: 176: 174: 171: 170: 168: 157: 156: 151: 147: 143: 142: 138: 132: 127: 124: 121: 116: 113: 107: 105: 102: 98: 94: 90: 82: 80: 78: 74: 70: 69:railway depot 65: 63: 59: 55: 51: 43: 41: 39: 35: 31: 27: 23: 19: 153: 126: 115: 86: 66: 47: 24:building in 20:is a former 17: 15: 83:Description 167:Categories 108:References 62:Weir Group 58:Beardmores 64:in 1960. 139:Weblinks 34:Scotland 26:Polmadie 155:Canmore 44:History 30:Glasgow 22:factory 16:The 73:M74 169:: 152:. 148:. 32:, 28:, 158:.

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factory
Polmadie
Glasgow
Scotland
Listed Buildings
Alley & MacLellan
Sentinel Waggon Works
Beardmores
Weir Group
railway depot
M74
Buildings at Risk Register for Scotland
reinforced concrete
François Hennebique
United Kingdom
Archibald Leitch
Entry on buildingsatrisk.org.uk
Information on scottisharchitects.org.uk
Historic Environment Scotland
"Monument No. 82480"
Canmore
Categories
1900s architecture
Category A listed buildings in Glasgow
Ruins in Scotland
Industrial buildings in Scotland

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