General view from W showing goods sheds and entrance to central basin
SC 685832
Description General view from W showing goods sheds and entrance to central basin
Date 6/8/1968
Collection Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
Catalogue Number SC 685832
Category On-line Digital Images
Scope and Content Prince's Dock, Glasgow This dock, originally known as Cessnock Dock, was built for the Clyde Navigation Trust in 1893-7. It had three basins, approached from the River Clyde via an entrance basin large enough for vessels to cant, or turn, and hence known as the canting basin. This shows the three basins from the south-west looking across the canting basin. The two-storeyed transit sheds in this view lined all the quays except the southernmost, which was used for coal traffic. The dock, though incomplete, was opened in 1895 by the Prince of Wales, and was thereafter known as Prince's Dock. It declined in use throughout the 1970s, and was eventually closed and infilled, becoming the site of the Glasgow Garden Festival in 1988. It is still being redeveloped. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
External Reference H35/68/14/2
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