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One of the few remaining and occupied IBM buildings in what was until 2006 a major computer manufacturing facility. Viewed from Drumillan Hill.
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A big blue truck by the cycle shed in Spango Valley.
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Dist:0.1km<br/>Latterly used as a Business Recovery Services Centre by IBM. It's difficult to tell if the roof damage is due to neglect or storm as much of the remainder of the campus is under demolition.
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Dist:0.1km<br/>The big blue building is the IBM call centre, the smaller building is the IBM clubhouse. These are amongst the few remaining buildings on what used to be a massive factory complex.
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Dist:0.1km<br/>Viewed from Greenock Cut. Part of the massive former computer factory complex can be seen on the valley floor.
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Dist:0.1km<br/>One of the few buildings on the former IBM site which is still in use. Many of employees are foreign nationals who man language specific help desks. The building was nicknamed "the cow shed" by employees due to its size and shape and also because it was built on the site of Spango Farm which was demolished to make way for it.
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Dist:0.1km<br/>This now disused building is on the IBM campus in Greenock. It was affectionately known by employees as the "Wendy House" because the above ground part is constructed entirely of plastic. The building housed a lab which tested computer products for electrical emissions, hence the all plastic construction. It was remote from the other campus buildings for the same reason (a new building has since been added nearby). Greenock High School is visible on the right.
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Dist:0.2km<br/>This bridge over the Glasgow Central to Wemyss Bay line served the now demolished Spango Farm which was demolished in the 1990s to make way for the IBM Call Centre [[1164085]]. The once bright red weight limit sign has faded to white. See also [[1213026]] and [[1213046]].
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Dist:0.2km<br/>This bridge over the Glasgow Central to Wemyss Bay line served the now demolished Spango Farm which was demolished in the 1990s to make way for the IBM Call Centre [[1164085]]. The once bright red weight limit sign has faded to white. See also [[1213026]].
©Thomas Nugent
Dist:0.2km<br/>A farm crossing (for the former Spango Farm) existed here until the late 1990s. The gates are still in place, but all other aparatus has been removed. A similar crossing survives at Dunrod, to the southwest [[606690]]. The disused farm path has now become a stream.
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Dist:0.2km<br/>In Spango Valley, on the site of Spango Farm.
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Dist:0.2km<br/>A farm crossing (for the former Spango Farm) existed here until the late 1990s. The gates are still in place (between the trees), but all other aparatus has been removed. A similar crossing survives at Dunrod, to the southwest [[606690]]. The Big Blue building is IBM's Call Centre which stands on the site of the farm.
©Thomas Nugent
Dist:0.2km<br/>A farm crossing (for the former Spango Farm) existed here until the late 1990s. The gates are still in place, but all other aparatus has been removed. A similar crossing survives at Dunrod, to the southwest [[606690]].
©Thomas Nugent
Dist:0.2km<br/>Looking northeast as a Glasgow Central bound train pulls out of the station.
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