What is recorded here

Monkland Canal, Castle Street Coal Wharf, Glasgow stood as a nineteenth-century loading point where heavy black coal crossed from barge to cart. The water touched Castle Street, and the canal carried the product of nearby lands into the city. Men worked the wharf in all weather, dropping coal into waiting carts or holding steady while barges nudged alongside. The wharf turned rural production into urban life, and Glasgow consumed the result without pause.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Monkland Canal, Castle Street Coal Wharf, Glasgow as Wharf (19th Century). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 10m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.

Built in the 19th century, Castle Street Coal Wharf was part of the Monkland Canal system, which facilitated coal transport from the Lanarkshire mines to Glasgow. It is remembered as an important industrial infrastructure that supported Glasgow's growth during the Industrial Revolution.

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