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THE INDIA OF INCHINNAN SITE Airship construction The site was first used industrially by William Beardmore And Company , who obtained a contract from the Admiralty to build Airships in World War I . Airship components were built at William Beardmore's Dalmuir , Clydebank , factory but more land was needed. William Beardmore therefore obtained land at Inchinnan and built the Inchinnan Airship Constructional Station . Building work started in January 1916 to construct the Station, which occupied 413 acres. Due to the difficulties of getting staff to this isolated location, the company built 52 houses in Inchinnan, at Beardmore Cottages. William Beardmore successfully built several airships, Airship No. R24 , R27 , R34 and the R36 . The Admiralty contract was cancelled in August 1919 and no more orders were received. The station closed on 12th October 1922 , and the big airship hanger was demolished for scrap. India Tyres The major part of the site and some of the buildings, including a large hanger, were purchased by India Tyres in December 1927 who set about redeveloping it. The existing large hanger was reused as a Rubber Mill building, where the rubber to make the tyres was compounded; and the tyres were manufactured. It is believed that the Brick -built airship mooring tower was the same Chimney that India Tyres used for their rubber mill. Other buildings were erecting for storage of raw materials and finished products. India Tyres commissioned an art deco office block in 1930, which was stategically located in front of their mill building on the '' Greenock Road'', which was then the A8 Trunk Road from Edinburgh to Greenock. India Tyres also built two groups of houses to accommodate its workers: Allands Avenue and '''India Drive'''. The office block remained in use for its original purpose for some 50 years. Brown field site The India Tyres office building became vandalised and burnt after India Tyres closed down and vacated the site in the early 1980s . The former India Tyres buildings, with the exception of the office block, were demolished in 1982 . Several plans for redevelopment of the by now Brown Field site by Renfrew District Council's Renfrew Development Agency, (RDA), later Renfrew Enterprise, failed to progress. INDIA OF INCHINNAN NOW The India of Inchinnan office block was saved from dereliction when it was renovated and extended by Graham Technology , whose headquarters are now located in the building, making India of Inchinnan the only Grade A Listed Building in commercial use in Scotland . The renovation was completed in 2003 . The renovated India of Inchinnan building also has its own restaurant, and is becoming a popular venue for meetings and corporate events. |
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