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By the first World War, it was the largest steel works in Scotland and it continued to expanded afterwards taking over a number of other steel works in Cambuslang and Glengarnock. Nationalised in 1951, it became part of the Iron and Steel Corporation of Great Britain.
Colville first came to North Lanarkshire through his business partnership Colville & Gray. They owned the Clifton Works, a malleable ironworks beside the Monkland Canal in Coatbridge. The picture postcard below shows the Clifton Iron Works, which are on the left of the picture.
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 mill. They were located in Motherwell , North Lanarkshire , Scotland.
Ravenscraig- or The Craig as it is more affectionately known, a giant in the history of Scottish steelmaking, may never have existed had plans for expansion with a new fourth blast furnace at Clyde Iron works (owned by Colville’s Ltd) gone ahead.
To meet the rapidly-growing demand for mild steel in boilermaking and shipbuilding, David Colville built the Dalzell steel works on ground adjoining his ironworks, manufacturing steel by the Siemens process. The new plant was completed by February 1881 [1] 1880 'HUGE CASTING.
Engineering works grew up near the railway, along Park Street in particular and in 1880 David Colville’s Dalzell Iron Works began steel production, soon to be followed by the Lanarkshire Steel Company’s works at nearby Flemington.
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Sep 28, 2016 · In 1967, Colville’s was nationalised as part of British Steel Corporation - which accounted for 90 per cent of all steel produced in the UK.
