Tennant died in 1838, and the factory was taken over by his son, John Tennant. It eventually closed in the 1960s and was demolished in 1964.

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A plaque marking the site of the former St Rollox Chemical Works in Glasgow, alongside the grave memorial of its founder, Charles Tennant, in the nearby Necropolis.

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While such developments made it easier for those living in surrounding suburbs to access the centre of Glasgow by car, they did little for the communities through which they passed.

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Traditional pre-World War One red sandstone tenement on Springburn Road in the north of Glasgow left stranded by post-World War Two road development.

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