Dalmarnock

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Dalmarnock (Scottish Gaelic: Dail Mheàrnaig) is a district in the Scottish city of Glasgow. It is situated north of the River Clyde. It is bounded by the Clyde to the south and east, Parkhead to the north, and Bridgeton at Dunn Street to the north west. The area covers part of a loop in the River Clyde called the Cuningar Loop (known locally as 'The Vallies').

There is a bridge over the River Clyde on Dalmarnock Road called Dalmarnock Bridge. The area was once heavily industrialised. Sir William Arrol & Co. had a factory in Baltic Street and there was a large coal fired power station at Dalmarnock Bridge.

Derelict tenements in Dalmarnock

The east side of Summerfield Street was bombed during the Second World War. In the 1960s, a new housing scheme was built, comprising of four twenty-two storey tower blocks and 'H-block' maisionettes. Two of the towers, 40 & 50 Millerfield Road, were demolished in 2002. One other tower was demolished on July 1, 2007, and the final one on September 9, 2007.

Dalmarnock railway station is on the Argyle Line.

The area used to have four schools: Springfield Road Primary, Springfield Primary, Riverside Secondary and Our Lady of Fatima RC Primary School on Springfield Road (corner of Millerfield Road), all of which have now closed.

Dalmarnock is the proposed location for the athletes' village when Glasgow hosts the 2014 Commonwealth Games^[1] and proposed skyscraper East One

[edit] Notable people

Professional footballer Kenny Dalglish who played for Celtic F.C. and Liverpool was born in Dalmarnock.
George Chisholm, trombonist, was born in Dalmarnock.
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