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Greenock, James Watt Dock View across dock from NE, crane in background

SC 455007

Description Greenock, James Watt Dock View across dock from NE, crane in background

Date 3/9/1975

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

Catalogue Number SC 455007

Category On-line Digital Images

Scope and Content James Watt Dock, Greenock, Renfrewshire This large wet dock was built to compete with Glasgow's new Queen's Dock, opened in 1878. It was designed by WR Kinipple, and is a roughly rectangular basin with a short pier at its eastern end. The dock gate was of the submerging type. This view shows the dock looking west from the north side. The giant cantilever crane was built by Sir William Arrol & Co Ltd. The large shed at the end of the south quay was part of Scotts' Diesel Engine Works. The dock did not in the end manage to compete with the Glasgow docks, but did serve Greenock's needs, especially for the importation of raw sugar for refining in Greenock refineries. This traffic continued until the 1990s. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

External Reference H75/55/10

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/collection/455007

File Format (TIF) Tagged Image File Format bitmap

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Collection Level (551 147) Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland

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Attribution: © HES. Reproduced courtesy of J R Hume

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