Drain Covers made in Falkirk Area

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Let’s see how far afield the work of the Falkirk ironfoundries has spread.

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Let’s see how far afield the work of the Falkirk ironfoundries has spread.

INSCRIPTIONLOCATIONDESCRIPTIONPHOTOGRAPHERREF. NO.
Bo’ness Iron Co. LtdGeorge St Edinburgh across from the Dome. It’s at top of small alley to Thistle St South East Lane.Framed Rectangular, closed. Embossed square studs. 8 x 10. Foundry name in place of 5th row of studs.David Thom2020/01(a) & (b)
Comelybank FoundryDalgrain Road, GrangemouthRectangular. Open grill. 10 perpendicular slots in 2 rows of 5. Foundry name at topDavid Thom2020/02
Grahamston Iron Co.Dalgrain Road, GrangemouthRectangular. Open grill. 10 perpendicular slots in 2 rows of 5. Foundry name at topDavid Thom2020/03
Ballantyne Bo’ness IronDalgrain Road, GrangemouthRectangular. Open grill. 8 horizontal slots. Foundry name at topDavid Thom2020/04
Grangemouth Iron WorksKelvin Street, GrangemouthRectangular. Open grill. 10 perpendicular slots in 2 rows of 5. Foundry name at topDavid Thom2020/05
Grangemouth Iron WorksDalgrain Road, GrangemouthRectangular. Open grill. 10 perpendicular slots in 2 rows of 5. Foundry name at topDavid Thom2020/06
Bo’ness Iron Co. Ltd, Bo’nessDalgrain Road, GrangemouthRectangular. Open grill. 10 perpendicular slots in 2 rows of 5. Foundry name at topDavid Thom2020/07
Grahamston Iron Co.Newlands Road, Grangemouth next to shops.Square, closed. Embossed square studs 9 x 9. Unframed. Split diagonally across the middle. Foundry name between the top two rows of studs.David Thom2020/08
Bo’ness Iron Co. Ltd.
No.1128		Lumley Street area, Grangemouth.Framed square. closed. studded, foundry name in place of 4th row of studs.David Thom2020/09
Bo’ness Iron Co. Ltd.Lumley Street area, Grangemouth.Square with an outline. Sunken square studs 9 x 9. Foundry name in place of 3rd row of studs.David Thom2020/10
The Bo’ness Iron Co. LtdLumley Street area, Grangemouth.Rectangular. Open grill. 10 perpendicular slots in 2 rows of 5. Foundry name at topDavid Thom2020/11
Grahamston Iron Co. Ltd.Lumley Street area, Grangemouth.Triangular with squared corners.Closed. Embossed square studs. 10 studs at top narrowing to 2 studs at bottom. 9 rows of studs. Foundry name embossed between the first and second rows of studs. “Falkirk” embossed between 6th and 7th rows of studs.David Thom2020/12
The Bo’ness Iron Co. LtdBo’ness, Dean Road at the CemeteryCircular. Closed. Embossed square studs. Outer toothed frame. Foundry name embossed between outer and 2nd row of studs.David Thom2020/13
Bo’ness Iron Co.Spittal Street, EdinburghSquare. Closed Embossed square studs 5 x 5. Foundry name embossed between 1st and 2nd row of studs. Framed.David Thom2020/14
The Bo’ness Iron Co. Ltd.Turriff, AberdeenshireSquare. Closed. Embossed square studs 9×9 “The” between 4th and 6th studs in 3rd row, “Bo’ness Iron Co. Ltd” in place of 7 studs of 4th row. 1st stud of 5th row missing.David Porter2020/15
Grahamston Iron Co.Turriff, AberdeenshireRectangular. Closed. Framed. Embossed square studs 10×7. Foundry name in place of entire 3rd row. Small triangle broken off and missing from bottom right corner.David Porter2020/16
Grahamston Iron Co.Turriff, AberdeenshireRectangular. Closed. Framed. Embossed square studs 10×7. Foundry name in place of entire 3rd row.David Porter2020/17
Grahamston Iron Co.Old Town, Keith, Moray.Rectangular. Open grill. 10 perpendicular slots in 2 rows of 5. Foundry name at topSue Sellars2021/01
Jones & Campbell, Torwood FoundryRear Yard, Alnwick Dental Practice,
3 Bondgate Without, Alnwick, Northumberland.		Rectangular with rounded corners. Closed. Embossed rectangular studs. Embossed curved studs on 4 corners. “Jones & Campbell Ltd Larbert Torwood Foundry” embossed in centre, pull handles at each side of foundry name.Suzanne Stanley2021/02
Grahamston Iron Co. On Shore Street, between Front Street and Main Street, Inver, Easter Ross, IV20 1RYRectangular. Open grill. 10 perpendicular slots in 2 rows of 5. Foundry name at top Lorraine Watt2022/01
Grahamston Iron Co.Chapel Road, Tain, IV19 1JE. Just along from St Duthus New Burial ground. Rectangular. Open grill. 10 perpendicular slots in 2 rows of 5. Foundry name at topLorraine Watt2022/02
Bo’ness Ironfounders/ Bo’ness IronThe Pleasance, Edinburgh Opposite St. John’s HillRounded hexagon with squaring to six created corners. Closed.
 “Bo’ness Ironfounders” horizontal centrally. “Bo’ness Iron” vertical, crossing with first “S” of horizontal “Bo’ness”. Embossed triangular studs. Embossed with 4 crowns in bottom right segment.
 Embossed along top with “Ductile BS497”
Embossed along the bottom with “MB160”.
The shape of this manhole cover is designed to key into the road surface and to be non-rock.  It is used extensively by Thames Water in this part of the world for the waste water system.
Hetty Lancaster2025/01
Grahamston Iron Co. Ltd.
Falkirk		Killingworth, North TynesideCircular, closed. Embossed square studs. Foundry name embossed around top circumference and “Falkirk” embossed around the bottom circumference.Ian Smith2025/02
Grahamston Iron Co. Ltd.
Falkirk		On the line of Dere Road, Pathhead.
Vogrie Country Park, Preston Hall, Midlothian. 		Square, closed. Framed indented squares in offset rows. Foundry name indented within a circle in the centre, around a raised circular motif that has four square bites and surrounds “No 6”.Eck Russell2025/03
Grahamston Iron Co. Ltd.
Falkirk		Deira (old Dubai)Square with rounded corners, closed. Framed. Diagonal split for opening. Embossed squares. Foundry name embossed on left and right sides. “Falkirk” embossed top and bottom.Mac Saxe2025/04
Bo’ness Iron Co.Deira (old Dubai)Square , closed, framed. Indented pattern of squares formed with perpendicular lines + 3 dots. Foundry name indented horizontally across the middle. “Ductile BS 497” indented below.Mac Saxe2025/05
GlynwedVictoria, GozoSquare, closed, framed. British Standard (BS) logo in corner with “GLYNWED UK” indented within a 45 degree angle below that, then 5055(?) below thatLouise Young2025/06
2025/01 Bo’ness Drain Cover in the Pleasance, Edinburgh.
Photo : Hetty Lancaster
2025/03 : Grahamston Iron Co. Drain Cover in Pathhead, Midlothian.
Photo: Eck Russell
2025/04 Grahamston Iron Co. Drain Cover in Deira (old Dubai). Photo: Mac Saxe
2025/05 Bo’ness Iron Co. Drain Cover in Deira (old Dubai).
Photo: Mac Saxe
Glynwed Drain Cover, Victoria, Gozo.
Photo, Louise Young