Sugar Storage (Greenock)

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Sugar storage at the port; in the background the Greenock Titan Crane

The sugar camp of Greenock is a storage building in the harbor of the Scottish town of Greenock in Inverclyde . In 1976 the building was included in the Scottish monument lists, initially in category B. The upgrade to the highest category A took place in 1987. The approximately 210 m long building is considered the largest structure made of brick and steel in Scotland.

history

Greenock was once one of the UK's sugar manufacturing centers . For this reason, a storage building for sugar was built between 1879 and 1886 at the James Watt Dock of the international urban port. As an engineer, W. R. Kinniple was entrusted with the planning. The construction work was carried out by John Waddell from Edinburgh . The building was abandoned in the course of the 20th century. The sugar store has been on the register of endangered listed buildings in Scotland since 1997. That same year, Inverclyde's government requested the building to be demolished, but it was denied. A fire in 2006 destroyed various facilities at James Watt Dock, including parts of the sugar warehouse. As a result, the most necessary work to preserve the storage building was carried out, including the demolition of parts of the building that were in danger of collapsing. Plans for the restoration and continued use of the building were drawn up. The condition of the building was last described in 2010 as poor, but with low risk.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  2. ↑ Entry on Greenock Sugar Storage  in Canmore, Historic Environment Scotland database
  3. ↑ a b c BBC News: Deal to restore sugar warehouse , April 2, 2008
  4. ↑ a b c Entry on buildingsatrisk.org.uk
  5. ↑ Information from the Scottish Government ( Memento of February 5, 2013 in the Internet Archive )

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Coordinates: 55 ° 56 ′ 33.3 "  N , 4 ° 43 ′ 34.5"  W.