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The closure of Ravenscraig in 1992 signalled the end of large-scale steel making in Scotland, [9] and was the cause of a loss of 770 jobs, with another 10,000 job losses directly and indirectly linked to the closure. Prior to regeneration, Ravenscraig was one of the largest derelict sites in Europe measuring over 1,125 acres (455 hectares) in ...
The cooling towers and gasometers at the Ravenscraig Steelworks dominated the local landscape before their demolition in 1996. Davy rolling mills in operation at Ravenscraig in 1985. The Ravenscraig steelworks, operated by Colvilles and from 1967 by British Steel Corporation, consisted of an integrated iron and steel works and a hot strip steel ...
Ravenscraig regional facility was also the main facility for the 2011 International Children's Games that took place in Lanarkshire, hosting the badminton and the athletics events. The facility has also been host to several major sporting events, such as the British Lightweight Boxing Title Fight and the Premier League Snooker tournament.
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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 ...
Eating from plastic takeout containers can increase your risk of congestive heart failure, and “even short-term exposure” to particles leaching into food or liquid from plastic can “can ...
The Ravenscraig Quarry (55.695026 -4.668213) to Jameston Quarry (55.683808 -4.678430) line was a 'Bogey Line' using 'bogeys' or small waggons that transported freestone (sandstone) to another freestone quarry at Jameston near Auchenskeith for transfer into standard gauge waggons and onward transport via the standard gauge Glasgow and South-Western Railway's Dalry to Kilmarnock line. [1]
It joined the National Health Service as Ravenscraig Hospital in 1948 and two new 120-bedded units known as Corlic and Dunrod were built to the north of the main building in the 1960s. [2] The original building closed in December 2005 [2] and the remainder of the facilities closed in 2014. [3]