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Broadmeadow Industrial Estate

The area on which the industrial estate now stands was known as the Broad Meadow; it used to be flooded twice daily by the River Leven, which is tidal here. Towards the end of the sixteenth century, bulwarks that had been built to protect the Townend area of Dumbarton from the River Leven failed. The inundated area soon came to be called the Drowned Lands, and later efforts to reinstate the flood defences met with only temporary success. Most of the Broad Meadow would not be permanently reclaimed until 1859, with the coming of the railway line. See Link for more on all of the above.
by Lairich Rig

Created: Sat, 14 Jan 2012, Updated: Tue, 25 Sep 2018


25 images use this description:

NS3976 : Elm Road Depot by Lairich Rig
NS3975 : Path in the industrial estate by Lairich Rig
NS3975 : Leaf galls on Lime by Lairich Rig
NS3975 : View to Broadmeadow Industrial Estate by Lairich Rig
NS3975 : Poplar Road SPS by Lairich Rig
NS3975 : Artwork on the Tullochan building by Lairich Rig
NS3975 : Concrete plant by Lairich Rig
NS3976 : Birch Road by Lairich Rig
NS3975 : Storage building under construction by Lairich Rig
NS3975 : Broadmeadow Industrial Estate by Lairich Rig
NS3976 : Birch Road by Lairich Rig
NS3975 : Path in the industrial estate by Lairich Rig
NS3975 : Lime Road by Lairich Rig
NS3975 : Tullochan building detail by Lairich Rig
NS3976 : Birch Road by Lairich Rig
NS3975 : Poplar Road, Dumbarton by Lairich Rig
NS3975 : Poplar Road, Dumbarton by Lairich Rig
NS3975 : Path to the River Leven by Lairich Rig
NS3975 : Poplar Road by Lairich Rig
NS3975 : Lime Road by Lairich Rig
NS3975 : Ash Road by Lairich Rig
NS3975 : Poplar Road, Dumbarton by Lairich Rig
NS3975 : Railway bridge and new storage building by Lairich Rig
NS3975 : Broadmeadow Industrial Estate by Lairich Rig
NS3975 : Mural detail by Lairich Rig


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