Port Dundas

Port Dundas is an area of Glasgow, Scotland, located 1 mile (1.6 km) to the north of the city centre.

[4] In 1900, the coal-fired Pinkston Power Station was built at Port Dundas to generate electricity for the Glasgow Corporation Tramways network.

[5][6] Equipped with Belliss and Morcom generator sets, Glasgow Corporation had decided to electrify the network by 1901 for the opening of the International Exhibition at Kelvingrove Park.

Two years later the second one was established by Brown, Gourlie & Co. During 1845 Coffey stills for the manufacture of grain whisky were installed in both distilleries.

[10] The Port Dundas Grain Distillery and adjacent Dundashill Cooperage, which manufactured Hogshead casks and dates back to 1770, are currently owned by Diageo, and the distillery's large flue gas stack dominates the skyline of North Glasgow.

Speirs Wharf was originally the offices of the Forth and Clyde Navigation Company and the City of Glasgow Grain Mills and Stores built for John Currie & Co. in 1851. The buildings were converted in 1989 into 150 loft-style residential apartments, a private leisure centre, and 19 commercial units.
Illustration of 'Notable High Buildings' in Rand McNally 's' Universal Atlas of The World (1896), featuring the Port Dundas chimney at #7
Diageo Port Dundas Grain Distillery.