Glasgow, Pointhouse Shipyard View from WSW showing part of SW front of joiners' shop

Description Glasgow, Pointhouse Shipyard View from WSW showing part of SW front of joiners' shop

Date 25/11/1964

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

Catalogue Number SC 634878

Category On-line Digital Images

Scope and Content Pointhouse Shipyard, Glasgow This yard, at the mouth of the River Kelvin and launching into it, was founded in 1862 by A & J Inglis, marine engineers, to build hulls for the engines and boilers they were building in Anderston. They added a boiler works in 1873-8. This shows part of the timber cladding of the south front of the woodworking shop of the yard. The woodworking shop was a remarkable building, with wrought-iron girders and cast iron columns giving large unobstructed floor areas. Note the sliding doors and hoist for handling materials and finished work. The yard, which built and repaired many Clyde steamers, was taken over by Harland & Wolff during World War I. They closed it in 1962, and it was demolished in 1965-6. The woodworking shed was destroyed by fire in 1965. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

External Reference H35/64/6/6

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/collection/634878

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