Weir Housing Corporation
From Graces Guide
of Coatbridge, provider of prefabricated steel houses
Subsidiary of G. and J. Weir
1946 New factory built at Greenend by the Government and taken over by Weir Housing Corporation for the manufacture of pre-fabricated houses.[1]
1949 Opening of Weir "No Fines" prefabricated homes at Kirkcaldy. 'The house is called "No Fines" by reason of the fact that the outer shell is composed of cement and course aggregate'[2]
1949 'Restrictions in the use of steel had led, he said, to a change in the production plans of the Weir Housing Corporation, and when present contracts end, they will not produce any more steel houses.'[3]
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