Basic Site Details
| Name: | Factory for Kosmoid Ltd |
| Town, district or village: | Dumbuck |
| City or county: | Dunbartonshire |
| Country: | Scotland |
| Parish: | |
| Status: | Demolished |
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| Notes: | Later under the ownership of Babcock & Wilcox. The company, which had attracted many of Scotland's 'merchant princes', was at the centre of a huge scandal from about 1907, when it was alleged that the directors, or some of them, were colluding with others in secret attempts to manufacture gold from lead and copper from pig-iron! A number of other buildings on the 54-acre site were designed by an un-named 'internal architect'. Over the last 20 years, parts of the site have been cleared for housing, and the last building to be demolished, in 2008, was the 'Fireproof Stores' |
Building Type Classification
| The building is classified under the following categories: | |||
| Classification | Original classification? | Notes | |
 | Factory | ||
Events
| The following date-based events are associated with this building: | ||||
| From | To | Event type | Notes | |
| 2008 | Destruction/demolition | ||
| 1904 | 1905 | Plans drawn up | |
People
Design and Construction
| The following individuals or organisations have carried out design/construction work. Where architects or practices worked together, matching letters appear beside their names in the Partnership Group column. | ||||||
| Name | Role | Partnership Group | From | To | Notes | |
| Andrew Robertson | A | 1904 | 1905 | ||
| T Dykes & Robertson | A | 1904 | 1905 | ||
| Thomas Dykes | A | 1904 | 1905 | ||
References
Archive References
| The following archives hold material relating to this building: | ||||
| Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | |
| Courtesy of David Harvie | Information via 'Contact Us' on website | Sent March 2015 | |
| Dumbarton District Library | Dumbarton Dean of Guild | Nov. 1904, Plans No. 45, 47 and 609 (variously titled 'Works' or 'Works Block Plan') show elevations and cross sections of a building approx. 60' x 250' on two floors which comprised: on the ground floor - machine shop, smithy, brazing shed, acid shed, toilets, stores and offices: on upper loft floor - machine loft, upper smithy, tool dressing shed, toilets, tool store, drawing office and laboratory. July 1905, an un-numbered plan showing stone gate-piers and iron gateway (this was never built). May 1905, 'Block Plan' No 620 with associated constructional details on Plan 619 - showing tube mill, tube store, five smaller store buildings, electric power station, experimental shed. April 1905, Plans 622, 623 and 624 (all for an associated secretive controlling group, The Metallurgical Syndicate) - a four-storey concrete and steel building, approx. 45' x 210' described as 'Fireproof Stores'. This massively strong building was much more than fireproof . . . . A number of other buildings on the 54-acre site were designed by an un-named 'internal architect'. | |