Glasgow, Mavisbank Road, Prince's Dock Hydraulic Power Station View from SSE showing SSW and ESE fronts
SC 549332
Description Glasgow, Mavisbank Road, Prince's Dock Hydraulic Power Station View from SSE showing SSW and ESE fronts
Date 1978
Collection Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
Catalogue Number SC 549332
Category On-line Digital Images
Scope and Content Hydraulic pumping station, Prince's Dock, Glasgow When the Stobcross (later Prince's) Dock was constructed by the Clyde Navigation Trust in the 1890s, it was equipped with mobile hydraulic cranes, then very advanced. This large power station was built at the east end to provide power for these cranes. This view shows the station from the south east, with the stump of the boiler-house chimney to the left, and the accumulator tower to the right. The low building in between was the boiler-house, with the taller section housing the hydraulic pumps. This building was designed by the leading Glasgow architects Burnet, Son and Campbell in considerable style. The base of the chimney was decorated with low relief sculptured panels on the 'tower of the winds' theme. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
External Reference H78/179/8
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