General view from north-east
BL 12773/2
Description General view from north-east
Date 1894
Collection Records of Bedford Lemere and Company, photographers, London, England
Catalogue Number BL 12773/2
Category Photographs and Off-line Digital Images
Scope and Content Princes Pier Railway Station, Greenock, Inverclyde (now demolished and the site incorporated within the Clydeport Container Terminal) Princes Pier Railway Station, an impressive railway terminus overlooking the Firth of Clyde, was designed by the Glasgow architect, James Miller, and built in 1893 for the Glasgow & South Western Railway Company. The architectural photographer, Harry Bedford Lemere, was commissioned to photograph the building in 1894. The terminus had a central booking office with a first-floor balcony looking out over the water flanked by large Italianate towers. Wings stretched out on either side, sweeping round to enfold the paddle steamers which tied up at the pierside, and terminated in large arched doorways each flanked by smaller decorative towers with pyramidal roofs. Holidaymakers who wished to venture 'doon the water' embarked from huge rail/steamer terminal buildings onto paddle steamers to take them to Rothesay, Dunoon, Helensburgh and other popular seaside destinations along the Firth of Clyde. The terminal buildings were built on a grand scale in order to cope with the sheer volume of passengers at the height of the summer season. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
Medium Glass
External Reference Box 19
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