Luma Light Bulb Factory - Shieldhall Rd, Southwest Glasgow (by Seoirse) The building was completed in 1938 to coincide with the Empire Exhibition sited in nearby Bellahouston Park (which contained the very wonderful ‘Taits Tower’), and was the result of a joint effort of the Wholesale Societies of Scotland and Sweden, which in turn led to the formation of the British Luma CoOperative Lamp Company, as the Glasgow HQ of the first international cooperative factory for the manufacture of electric lamps. It represents one of the last surviving examples of architec~ tural merit of the Shieldhall industrial Complex, which was the Scottish Cooperative Wholesale Society’s (SCWS) innovative manufacturing and production facility, developed in the 1880s, which provided overflow capacity from the CoOp’s main site elsewhere in the City. The architect for the original project was Cornelius Armour, an SCWS inhouse employee. it is now of course a highly visible building close to the M8 Motorway leading to and from Glasgow City centre and its International Airport. More abot Luma Tower
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Luma Light Bulb Factory - Shieldhall Rd, Southwest Glasgow (by Seoirse)

The building was completed in 1938 to coincide with the Empire Exhibition sited in nearby Bellahouston Park (which contained the very wonderful ‘Taits Tower’), and was the result of a joint effort of the Wholesale Societies of Scotland and Sweden, which in turn led to the formation of the British Luma CoOperative Lamp Company, as the Glasgow HQ of the first international cooperative factory for the manufacture of electric lamps. It represents one of the last surviving examples of architec~ tural merit of the Shieldhall industrial Complex, which was the Scottish Cooperative Wholesale Society’s (SCWS) innovative manufacturing and production facility, developed in the 1880s, which provided overflow capacity from the CoOp’s main site elsewhere in the City. The architect for the original project was Cornelius Armour, an SCWS inhouse employee. it is now of course a highly visible building close to the M8 Motorway leading to and from Glasgow City centre and its International Airport.

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