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An aerial view of the Glenburn Industrial Estate. The estate was laid out on the lands of the former Auchencruive Nos. 4/5 Colliery (usually referred to as Glenburn Pit) plus the lands of Glenburn House. Glenburn House can be seen to the left of centre, with trees around it. The house was erected in 1894-6 to plans by James A. Morris for Rev Edward D. Prothero, who was the vicar of Turweston, near Brackley, from 1874-1890. When he died in 1907 the house was tenanted by Ian Archibald Finlay. The house was bought by William Baird & Co. and used as offices and from 1969 was leased to Prestwick Circuits Ltd. but is now demolished. In front of Glenburn House the grey building was the National Coal Board’s research laboratory. To the right of the laboratory, the large three-storey building was originally built as the National Coal Board’s West Ayr Area headquarters. In 1962 it was converted into offices and control centre for the National Air Traffic Control Service (NATCS) which controls flight routes for aeroplanes. Since 1972 the service has been known as NATS. A large new control centre was added to the south of the old offices (which had been named Atlantic House) in 2004-10. The building with the five roofs was the Coal Board’s workshops, currently Ayrshire Steels. The large flat-roofed factory on the right was built for Caledonian Airmotive in 1980. The business was later taken over by GE Aerospace. Just visible behind the factory is the Shaw Tower. The history of this round structure is unknown, some claiming that it was used for falconry, but it has stood on its low knoll since at least 1775. To the right of the tower is the airport control tower, opened on 24 April 1962. Since the photograph was taken, the industrial estate has had further factories and service facilities erected, such as Woodward Aircraft Engine Systems (1997), Aero Fastener (2011) and Belcher’s meat processing factory (around 1980). To the left of the industrial estate are the rows of houses forming Lichtenfels Gardens, named after Prestwick’s twin town in Bavaria, Germany, the link established in 1974. Sherwood Road passes along the bottom of the photograph, with the end of Outdale Avenue joining it at the bottom left.

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