West Campbell Street at Argyle Street Box

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A4--The Mark 2 and Mark 4 boxes which stood just north of the northeast corner of the junction of West Campbell Street and Argyle Street in central Glasgow.

Still haven't found a view of the Mark 4 here, but have identified this photo as the Mark 2 that preceded it (courtesy of the Glasgow Police Museum & Alistair Dinsmor, Curator, by way of Starcross) --



The Mark 2's started to be installed in 1912, and per Mike's Glasgow List was not replaced until 1938. Note that the Glasgow Police Annual Report for 1933 does indeed still list it as an older style Box, so was not part of the initial installations.

Here's a comparable streetview from July 2015 --



A wider view of the site --



URL: https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@55.8590733,-4.2625036,3a,60y,122.99h,87.78t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1szbdwau7E-BxCRiTp9JP7ew!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?dcr=0

Too early to show the Box, but here's an extract of the 1:500 scale OS map from 1895, which shows that the building at the corner was indeed a branch of the Clydesdale Bank --



View of the 1934 OS map, marking the location of the Mark 2 (labeled "P.C.B" at centre frame) --



And finally from 1952-1954, showing the Mark 4's location, which appears to have been a couple yards to the north ("PCB") --



Circumstantial evidence would suggest they installed the new Box next to the old (leaving just enough space to open the door in the Mark 2, which faced to the north per the photo), before finally removing the old Box once the Mark 4 was hooked up to the system and commissioned. On this last map, the Electrical Pole (El P) is about where the Mark 2 had stood.