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Ravenscraig is a housing development and historic village located in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, one point five miles (two kilometres) north-east of central Motherwell. Ravenscraig was formerly the site of Ravenscraig steelworks ; once the largest hot strip steel mill in western Europe, the steelworks closed in 1992, and is now almost totally ...
The closure of Ravenscraig in 1992 signalled the end of large-scale steel making in Scotland. [8] It led to a direct loss of 770 jobs, and another 10,000 jobs linked to these [ 9 ] (although the nearby steel plants at Dalzell in Motherwell and Clydebridge in Cambuslang were in 2012 still in operation under the ownership of Tata Steel Europe ...
Perhaps the first ship to bear the name Ravenscraig (with an "i") was a 581 to 589 tons, 140 feet (43 m) long, wooden sailing ship, sheathed in copper, that was built in 1853 in South Shields, England, and owned by Lockart & Co. [20] Though registered in Kirkcaldy, Scotland, it was employed initially in the Australian and New Zealand wool trade, [21] [22] and was still in service in 1865 when ...
Ravenscrag may refer to: . Ravenscrag, Saskatchewan, a settlement in Saskatchewan, Canada; Ravenscrag Formation, a stratigraphical unit in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin
Ravenscraig Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium, in Greenock, Inverclyde, Scotland. The stadium is primarily set up for athletics, with a running track, but it is also the traditional home of Greenock Juniors Football Club. The stadium underwent a £1.7 million refurbishment in preparation for the 2014 Commonwealth Games. [1] [2]
The castle was used as an ammunition depot during the First World War. [12] In 1929, 85 acres (34 ha) of the estate, including the castle, was given to the town of Kirkcaldy by the Nairn family as a public park. [15] Ravenscraig Castle was passed into state care in 1955 and has been open to the public by the owners Historic Scotland since 1971.
Ravenscraig is a new town built in North Lanarkshire, Scotland Ravenscraig may also refer to: Ravenscraig Castle (disambiguation) Ravenscraig railway station; Ravenscraig Regional Sports Facility, a newly built large sports complex on the site of the new town. Ravenscraig steelworks, the former steelworks on the site of the new town.
Ravenscraig Castle. Ravenscraig Castle, also known as the Craig of Inverugie, is a ruined 15th-century L-shaped tower-house north-west of Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. [1] It is a scheduled ancient monument. [2] The castle was the seat of the barony of Torthorston, held by the Cheynes family, and passed to the Keiths in the mid-14th century.