I came across this fence post beside the long abandonned railway that led to the sidings at Bowling Harbour.  The main line continued over the canal via a swing bridge.

The post is hollow and made in two pieces rivetted together.   The lack of rust suggests to me that is made of two pieces of cast iron.





Kids in those days must have had a lot more commmon sense than many of the present youth as the post was only about 3 feet high.

Yes,  must be malleable  (wrought iron) sheet & pressed out  & probably galvanized .  The cast finial  seems to have the manufacturers name  Nortons  

Looks like a straigner post in the background  ?

The end post, complete with a couple of radiseurs is beside a bridge that carried the railway over a canal spillway.

It must have been a pain threading the wire through a line of these posts unless there was somekind of spigot between the two siides which is why I thought they mat be cast.    There is nought but surface rust which also suggests cast iron to me.  I didn't  see any more posts.     The line belonged to the Lanarkshire & Dumbarton Railway in the late 1800s.

Just noticed something interesting on old-maps.     The second basin currently has a pair of gates across the towpath that say" Bowling Basin 1950 ".  The basin is shown on the 1898 1:2500 map - i wonder where the date 1950 came from?    It is somewhat misleading!