Women workers outside Port Downie Iron Works

Maker
Neil MacMillan
Production date
1926-1927
 Description
Six young women pose for the camera in their working clothes, which appear to be dirty.

This photo is not available as a scanned image. You can see the original in the Archives in Callendar House.

Object detail

Department
Photo
Maker
Production date
1926-1927
Subject person
Subject place
Cherry Lane/Tamfourhill/Falkirk area
Subject notes
The women were painters and packers at the foundry. The Port Downie Iron Works operated form the 1840s to 1950. It made stoves and other light castings. Port Downie was where the Union and Forth and Clyde Canals met. The foundry used water from the Union Canal to power a hydraulic hoist.

THEY ARE STANDING IN A ROAD THAT RAN ALONGSIDE THE FOUNDRY, BESIDE THE CANAL. THESE WOMEN DID PAINTING, PACKING AT THE FOUNDRY. Donaldson, Elizabeth (L); Ross, Ellen (2 from L); Wallace, Miss (R)
Accession number
P20062

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