Glasgow, Forth and Clyde Canal, Maryhill Locks, Kelvin Dry Dock View from S
SC 591834
Description Glasgow, Forth and Clyde Canal, Maryhill Locks, Kelvin Dry Dock View from S
Date 8/4/1967
Collection Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
Catalogue Number SC 591834
Category On-line Digital Images
Scope and Content Kelvin Dry Dock, Forth and Clyde Canal, Maryhill Road, Glasgow This dry dock was designed by Robert Whitworth as part of the programme to complete the Forth and Clyde Canal by constructing a link from Stockingfield Junction to Bowling. This section opened in 1790. This shows the dry dock (left) with its gates partly open. It could accommodate the largest vessels on the canal. To the right is a slipway which was used both for shipbuilding and for repairing. The boats were abandoned when the canal closed in 1962. Because this dock was part-way up the flight of locks it could be emptied by running the water into a lower section of canal. The settlement of Maryhill was originally known as Kelvin Dock after this facility. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
External Reference H67/193/2A
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