SUGAR HOUSE LANE (Refinery 1)

1765 ALEXANDER Claud, Greenock Sugar House Co
1765 CONNELL Arthur, Greenock Sugar House Co
1765 DUNLOP Thomas, Greenock Sugar House Co
1765 HOPKIRK Thomas, Greenock Sugar House Co
1765 MacCUNN William, Greenock Sugar House Co
1765 WHITE Archibald, Greenock Sugar House Co
1765 WILSON Alex, Greenock Sugar House Co
1765 KUHLL, Mark, Greenock Sugar House Co
1812 HOPKIRK James, Greenock Sugar House Co
1812 MACKENZIE Daniel & James, Greenock Sugar House Co
<1831 ATHERTON, MACKELLAR & Co
<1840 McCALLUM Duncan, Greenock Sugar House Co
1843-6 BLANKEN, HARM & Co
1846-54 FAIRRIE James & Co, Greenock Sugar House Co
1854-70 HOYLE MARTIN & Co
1870-79 GIBB Duncan Hoyle, Greenock Sugar House Co
1870-79 GIBB John Hoyle, Greenock Sugar House Co
1879-84 ADAM Robert George & William, Greenock Sugar House Co
1879-84 MacEACLRAN Douglas, Greenock Sugar House Co
1885-1921 KERR Robert Brewers Sugar Co

SUGAR HOUSE LANE (Refinery 2)

1788 WILSON John
1788 RITCHIE Walter
1788 ROBERTSON George
1788 RAMSEY Thomas
1788 HUNTER James
1788 MacCUNN William
1788-1800 MACFIE Robert
1800 HUNTER, MACALPINE & Co
1800> MACKELLAR Duncan
1815 ANGUS Alexander
1829-43 MacLEISH, KEYSER & CO
1847 BLANCKEN, HARM & Co
1847-70 HOYLE MARTIN & Co
1870-86 CURRIE Alexander & Co

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BOGLE STREET (Refinery 3)

1801-54 MACFIE Robert & Sons

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CARTSDYKE BRIDGE (Refinery 4)

1797-1846 FAIRRIE James & Co

EAST HAMILTON STREET, CARTSDYKE

1885> Sugar Warehouses at John Watt Dock

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CLARENCE STREET ( Refinery 5)

<1811 STILL Alexander
<1811 STEVENSON Hugh
<1811 CRAWFORD Hugh
1811> STEVENSON Hugh
1811> McNICHOL Archibald
1811> TAYLOR Robert
1811> VALENCE David
1814 LEITCH William, Glebe Sugar House
1835 LEITCH James & William, Glebe Sugar House
1835 OUGHTERSON James, Glebe Sugar House
1844 CONNAL Ebenezer, Glebe Sugar House
1844-7 PARKER William, Glebe Sugar House
1847 CONNAL & PARKER, Glebe Sugar House

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PRINCES STREET (Refinery 6)

1826-38 ANGUS Alexander & Co
1838-43 MacLEISH, KEYSER & CO
1843-48 PATTEN Archibald & Co
1848-1911 WALKER John & Co
1928> WALKER John & Co

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SHAWS WATER (Refinery 7)

1829-37 TASKER, YOUNG & Co
1837-1839 FAIRRIE James & Co
1840s-51 WREDE & Co
1855 CRAWHILL, SCHULTZ & CO
1870-9 CRAWHILL, ALLISON & CO
1878-9 HOGG, ALLISON & Co
1880-9 HOGG, WALLACE & Co

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KER STREET (Refinery 8)

1831-36 YOUNG Thomas
1845-1858 FAIRRIE James & Co
1858-65 DAVIE John, Greenock Sugar Refinery
1858-65 MACKERDY L, Greenock Sugar Refinery
1858-65 STEELE David, Greenock Sugar Refinery
1865 GRIEVE James J & Walter, Glebe Sugar Refining Co
1865 HUNTER Charles P, Glebe Sugar Refining Co
1865 KERR John, Glebe Sugar Refining Co
1865 LYLE Abram, Glebe Sugar Refining Co
1865-1876 HUNTER, Glebe Sugar Refining Co
1865-1882 LYLE, Glebe Sugar Refining Co
1865-1900> KERR, Glebe Sugar Refining Co
1865-1911> GRIEVE, Glebe Sugar Refining Co
1952 Refinery closed

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BAKER STREET [at foot of] (Refinery 9)

1831-51 ANDERSON Alexander & Thomas

BAKER STREET [at top of] (Refinery 15)

1848-77 PATTEN Archibald & Co

BAKER STREET (Refinery 19)

1858-60s SCOTT Alex
1858-60s DUNCAN James
1858-60s BELL James

BAKER STREET (Refinery 22)

1864-66 CAMBELL
1864-66 DAWSON
1864-66 DICKSON

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ROXBURGH STREET (Refinery 10)

1832 HUTTON Hugh & Co
1839-45 CONNAL & PARKER
1845 ROBSON & Co
1850-61 RICHARDSON & BROWN
1861-65 BROWN Matthew
(new building 1875)
1875-96 RICHARDSON James & Co

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PORT GLASGOW ROAD (Refinery 11)

1833-41 SPEIRS & WREDE
1845-59 SPEIRS James
1859-77 ANDERSON AA

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INVERKIP STREET [southern end of] (Refinery 12)

1847-57 FERGUSON & Co

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MAIN STREET, CARTSDYKE (Refinery 13)

1847-48 PARKER Matthew

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INGLESTON STREET (Refinery 14)

1847-81 BLAIR, REID & STEELE

INGLESTON STREET (Refinery 21)

1864-78 PAUL, SWORD & CO
1889> AITKEN James
1889> AITKEN John Crawford
1889-1911> DOWNIE Andrew - Orchard Refinery
1889-1911> STEWART Andrew - Orchard Refinery

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CRESCENT STREET (Refinery 16)

1851-57 WREDE & Co
1857-59 WREDE, Thorne & Co
1862-89 AITKEN James, Cartsburn Sugar Refining Co
1862-70 LANG James, Cartsburn Sugar Refining Co
1862-70 MUIR James P, Cartsburn Sugar Refining Co
1862-70 SCOTT William, Cartsburn Sugar Refining Co
1870-89 STEWART Andrew, Cartsburn Sugar Refining Co
1870-95 THORBURN James G, Cartsburn Sugar Refining Co
1889-95 PATERSON RR, Cartsburn Sugar Refining Co
1895-99 LANG/THORBURN, Cartsburn Sugar Refining Co
1900-7 THORBURN James G, Cartsburn Sugar Refining Co

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DELLINGBURN RESERVOIR (Refinery 18)

1853-65 NEILL & DEMPSTER

DELLINGBURN RESERVOIR (Refinery 20)

1858-95 ADAM William
1858-95 BALLANTINE JH
1858-95 ROWAN Thomas B

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DRUMFROCHER ROAD (Refinery 17)

1852-69 ANDERSON, ORR & Co, Berryyards Refinery
1870s-96 SCOTT Alex & Sons
1900-11 TAYLOR WJ
1900-11 BAILEY JW
abt 1896-1911> The BREWERS SUGAR Co Ltd, (Sugar storage at Harbour)

DRUMFROCHER ROAD (Refinery 23)

1868-1901 DEMPSTER Duncan F
1868-1900 NEILL George D
1868-1900 NEILL John
<1900 NEILL William J
<1911> Neill, Dempster & Neill

DRUMFROCHER ROAD (Refinery 24)

1873-89 CAMBELL Dugald, Clyde Sugar Refining Co
1873-89 COWAN John, Clyde Sugar Refining Co
1873-89 LIVINGSTONE Alex, Clyde Sugar Refining Co
1873-89 NEILL Robert, Clyde Sugar Refining Co
1873-89 NEILL Tom, Clyde Sugar Refining Co
1873-89 OLIPHANT RD, Clyde Sugar Refining Co

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ROBERT STREET

<1869 FOWLER

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NICHOLSON STREET

1846-7 PATTEN Archie & Co (no.17)

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GREENOCK

CLICK the for sugar houses in that street, and on for an image.

(For local directory of sugar houses, click here.)

(For national directory of sugar houses, click here.)

 

 

Go to an extract from "The History of Greenock" - R.M.Smith - 1921".

Go to Brewers Sugar Co - sugar storage 1904-5.

Go to Greenock Memories.

Go to Film Clip - Walkers, c1961.

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The length of the Greenock section of this map represents 1.8ml / 2.9km.  

 

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GREENOCK - View from south - published 1891, but much earlier (?)
 
GREENOCK - View of refineries and river - late 19th century.
Berryyards Refinery in the foreground, and others far left and far right of picture.
Later to become the Westburn Refinery of Messrs Tate & Lyle.
© McLean Museum & Art Gallery, Inverclyde Council.
 
GREENOCK - Roxburgh St refinery.
20th century demolition of chimney of Roxburgh St refinery
- original postcard.		 ..... and probably the aftermath.
© McLean Museum & Art Gallery, Inverclyde Council..
 
GREENOCK - The old sugar warehouses at James Watt Dock, 2007.
© Andrea Brown, 2007.
 
GREENOCK - The old sugar warehouses at James Watt Dock, 2007.
© Andrea Brown, 2007.
I'm very grateful to Andrea Brown for these two recent pictures.
2008 - A 10 year project to redevelop the historic James Watt Dock in Greenock at a cost of £180m
was announced on BBC News.
 

 

 

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