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Templeton Memorial Gate

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What is recorded here

Templeton Memorial Gate commemorates twenty-nine women and girls killed when part of Templeton's carpet factory collapsed in 1889. It restores individual workers to the story of a celebrated building whose construction caused one of Glasgow's worst industrial losses

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Templeton Memorial Gate commemorates twenty-nine women and girls killed when part of Templeton's carpet factory collapsed in 1889. It restores individual workers to the story of a celebrated building whose construction caused one of Glasgow's worst industrial losses

Why it was made

commemorates twenty-nine women and girls killed when part of Templeton's carpet factory collapsed in 1889

People and events

The workers were inside adjoining weaving sheds when wind brought the unfinished stone facade down upon them

How it worked

A later gateway and carved account fixed the disaster to the factory site after industrial and surrounding uses changed

What remains

The memorial gate, inscribed stone, names, garden setting and nearby Venetian-style factory facade remain

Why it mattered

It restores individual workers to the story of a celebrated building whose construction caused one of Glasgow's worst industrial losses

Sources for this account

Sources checked 16 August 2026.

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  • Carol Walker, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Thomas Nugent, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Richard Sutcliffe, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • David Dixon, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Stephen Craven, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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