Clydebank, Kilbowie, John Brown's Shipyard General View
SC 512779
Description Clydebank, Kilbowie, John Brown's Shipyard General View
Date 1977
Collection Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
Catalogue Number SC 512779
Category On-line Digital Images
Scope and Content Former Clydebank Shipbuilding Yard, Dunbartonshire This yard was founded in 1870 by J and G Thomson, who transferred the name from a smaller yard in Glasgow. It became one of the largest shipbuilding yards in Britain, and was acquired in 1899 by John Brown and Co of Sheffield. This view shows the yard from the north east. The sheds to the left housed the blacksmiths' shop. The cranes served the building berths, the lighter ones dating from the inter-war years, and the heavier ones from the 1950s and 60s. The yard became part of Upper Clyde Shipbuilders in the 1960s, and when that company was liquidated in the early 1970s it was sold to the American Marathon Manufacturing Company, who used it for building oil exploration rigs. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
External Reference H78/20/9
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