Scots Magazine Or General Repository in London, Middlesex

Carron Iron Works and the Carron Effect on Scotland

The account credits Dr Roebuck and the Carron works for a century of growth in Scottish iron production. It notes the high costs of iron works, the influence on later plants at Cleugh Clyde Muirkirk and Devon, and claims Carron sparked substantial private and public improvements, including a major waterway linking the Forth and Clyde.