Temple Gasworks

This is a view of the old Temple Gasworks from Strathcona Drive in Glasgow.

The Temple Gasworks was built in 1871 by The Partick, Hillhead and Maryhill Gas Company, it was taken over by the Glasgow Corporation in 1891 and joined to the nearby Dawsholm site by a tunnel under the canal to form a single works. The site closed in 1968 however the two large Temple gasholders are still in situ having been used until quite recently.