Although most local industry has long since ceased, Modern Times: 1950s to The Present Day: Neighbourhoods: Shettleston, The Glasgow Story there is still an industrial estate in the east of Shettleston (once a rope works), adjacent to a hypermarket (once an iron works specialising in machinery for the textile industry) 1886 Illustrated Advertisement for J & T Boyd Shettleston Iron Works Glasgow, The Textile Manufacturer, 1886 (via AbeBooks) Glasgow, 629 Old Shettleston Road, Shettleston Ironworks, Canmore which provide employment opportunities, along with many small businesses operating in that district and Tollcross; the largest building in the area by floor space is located towards Baillieston: a 190000 sqft storage and distribution facility, Macfarlane fires starting gun on Bullet Express tie-up, The Scotsman, 1 July 2016 built on the site of an old chemical works which produced tar. [