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Greenock, James Watt Dock View from NW end of dock, crane in background
SC 455012
Description Greenock, James Watt Dock View from NW end of dock, crane in background
Date 3/9/1975
Collection Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
Catalogue Number SC 455012
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 south east from the north side. The giant cantilever crane was built by Sir William Arrol & Co Ltd. 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 H75/55/15
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/collection/455012
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