View from W showing the Garnock and Giftie

Description View from W showing the Garnock and Giftie

Date 14/5/1971

Collection Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland

Catalogue Number SC 783310

Category On-line Digital Images

Scope and Content Irvine Harbour, North Ayrshire This shows the timber quay from the west, with the tug 'Garnock' and a launch. The tug belongs to Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd. In the 1920s the quay was used for laying up and refitting Clyde excursion steamers, and may have been built for that purpose. This wharf remained in use until the 1980s, and was improved in the 1990s by Irvine Development Corporation, who repaired the wharf as part of an extensive programme of harbourside improvements. The tug, damaged in an explosion, is now part of the Scottish Maritime Museum's collection. This river-mouth harbour apparently dates from the late 17th century, when the River Irvine changed its course. It was subsequently improved, most recently in the early 20th century when a timber quay was built, with rail-mounted cranes, possibly by the Ayrshire Dockyard Co, which took over the harbour in 1919. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

External Reference H35/71/45/33

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/collection/783310

File Format (TIF) Tagged Image File Format bitmap