Summerlee Industrial Museum, the Scottish museum of industrial life, has now reopened following a £10m redevelopment supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund supported redevelopment of its main exhibition hall. The museum is a VisitScotland '4-star' rated visitor attraction.
Its 22 acres are based around the site of the 19th Century Summerlee Ironworks, a forerunner in the use of the highly successful and innovative hot-blast iron smelting process. It was the use of this process that led Coatbridge to fame and fortune as Scotland's 'Iron Burgh'.
After almost 100 years of operation, the works closed in the 1930s recession and the buildings were demolished. The site was then used for light industry until the early 1980s. Prior to the opening of the park in 1987, the site of the original ironworks was excavated and it can now be viewed from a special walkway.
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