Devol Industrial Estate

The Estate Under Construction

The aim of this book (shown here) was to promote it's Industrial Developments and many were built throughout Scotland and the UK. The largest and most widely known was at Hillington which was opened by HRH The Queen Mother on 3rd May 1938.

Port Glasgow Renfrewshire.
Potential Development 49,200 sq.ft

In Renfrewshire there is the larger estate of Port Glasgow where an admirable situation above the town has been secures. Fifty acres are being developed to provide work for 2,000 persons.

Labour can be drawn from Port Glasgow itself with a population of 20,000 or from Greenock which is close by with a population of 78,000.

The estate is 17 miles west of Glasgow and one mile from the docks. With railway links close by.

The ports of the Clyde, Glasgow , Greencok and Port Glasgow are modern from the point of view of the equipment and progressive administration.

This is how they described Port Glasgow to potential business.

The Site Before Construction.

The businesses below were listed as being based at Port Glasgow in 1949

Black, Thomas & Sons Canvas Articles

Greenock Ltd

British Decorative Plastics Ltd Plastic Pannels

Arnolite Ltd

Clark and Struthers Fescol Ltd/ Elec,chem Deposition

Herring Industry Board / Fish Canning Research

Sangamo Weston Ltd / Instument makers

The Estate Today.

Just a little note Devol comes from the Gaelic 'Diabhoul' the name of the "evil one". It was originally Davol.

This page last modified on Tuesday, March 04, 2003

Frescol Lyd Electro-Chemical Depositors.

Early Photographs Of Devol Industrial Estate

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