I love the fact this weigh station has been left in place in the new park at the Govan Graving Docks in Glasgow. Installed in 1889, it was originally at the entrance to the Harbour Workshop. It even still has the stone tramways on either side of it to make it easier for horse-drawn vehicles to travel over the surrounding setts.
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Such weigh stations were once an important part of commerce across Glasgow and allowed good to be measured without having to first be unload. As far as I know, only three remain. The others are at the former Fairfield Shipyard and near the Finnieston Crane.
This one was made by A. and W. Smith, which was founded in Paisley on 1836, and later operated out of the Eglinton Engine Works in Tradeston, meaning it may well have been made relatively locally.
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