Stobcross Quay, Glasgow. View from ESE showing crane with part of goods shed on left

Description Stobcross Quay, Glasgow. View from ESE showing crane with part of goods shed on left

Date 1970

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

Catalogue Number SC 2172518

Category On-line Digital Images

Scope and Content Stobcross Quay (Queen's Dock, Pointhouse Road & Finnieston Quay), Glasgow This dock was originally planned by the Clyde Navigation Trust in 1846, but it was not until 1870 that its construction was authorised. It was built between 1872 and 1880, but was opened by Queen Victoria in 1877, after which it was known as Queen's Dock. It had two basins, and was ungated. This view shows the west end of the roadway between the transit sheds on Stobcross Quay (left) and those on the south side of the south basin. The tower with its semaphore signals, controlled entrance to this dock. The dock was a major addition to the capacity of Glasgow Harbour, but proved inadequate to take all the traffic offering, and other docks were added in the 1890s and 1920s. In the 1950s/1960s traffic declined sharply, and Queen's Dock closed at the end of 1969. It has since been filled in and redeveloped. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

External Reference H35/70/1/26

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/collection/2172518

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