Port Glasgow, Kingston Yard View looking SW of 'Comet'
SC 422991
Description Port Glasgow, Kingston Yard View looking SW of 'Comet'
Date 11/3/1974
Collection Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
Catalogue Number SC 422991
Category On-line Digital Images
Scope and Content Hull of the replica of the paddle steamer 'Comet' at the Kingston Shipbuilding Yard of Scott Lithgow Ltd., Port Glasgow To mark the 150th anniversary of the first voyage of Henry Bell's pioneering steamship 'Comet', Lithgows Ltd. commissioned a working replica. After the celebrations it was put in store at the Kingston Yard. This view shows the hull from the stern. It was built of wood to the original lines plan, by the Jones boatyard at Buckie, in Banffshire, who were still building wooden fishing boats. A year or so after this photograph was taken, the vessel was placed in the town centre car park in Port Glasgow, where it remained on display for more than 20 years, until it was removed for repair. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
External Reference H74/8/16
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