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UER Forum > UE Photography > Motor City Magic in Bonny Scotland (Viewed 770 times)
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Motor City Magic in Bonny Scotland
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Whilst up in Scotland recently, on our way to do a collection whilst heading back homeward bound I spotted this hulking great lump of a factory off in the distance and knew immediately that we'd have to come back to it after getting the work done - and I'm glad we did.

The factory built motor cars between 1913 and 1931, and was designed by Albert Kahn, the same Albert Kahn who designed Ford's Highland Park factory in Detroit. Stepping into here really was like being in a small slice of American dereliction as the styling is so similar to plants in Detroit and elsewhere in the USA. It was apparently the first building to be constructed in the UK using ferro-concrete (concrete reinforced with iron), it was also the most advanced 'daylight' factory of it's kind ever built in the UK and currently is the most complete example of a factory of it's kind built using American principles of design in the country.

After closing as a car factory in 1931 it passed through various rubber companies hands, before it's last lease of life as a factory manufacturing carpet underlay which closed in 2013.

I have to say having spent a lot of time in the USA and having explored various factories of this style over there it really was like stepping foot into a little piece of derelict America in Scotland, if someone from America didn't realise that this was in Scotland they'd rightfully assume it was on their own turf as the similarities are uncanny and entirely understandable. It may be largely empty but I really enjoyed this place as big industry is something I haven't done enough of lately.

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Serious Detroit vibes. Looks like a nice place despite the lack of stuff left. Nice set.




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nice. really cool spot




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Yeah you could've said this was Detroit and fooled a lot of people.

I like how there's a crumpled bike in 19. Maybe they were pissy about closing down and decided to take it out on an alternative form of transportation.




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< Reply # 4 on 8/10/2020 9:52 PM >
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Very cool, thanks for sharing! These huge old factories are so much fun! I like finding doors like the one in #9.




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