Distant view from north-east
BL 12773/7
Description Distant view from north-east
Date 1894
Collection Records of Bedford Lemere and Company, photographers, London, England
Catalogue Number BL 12773/7
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, enlivened by six square Italianate towers, had a central booking office with a first-floor balcony, and wings with curving walls which swept out on either side to terminate in large arched doorways. The two larger central towers acted as beacons for the paddle steamers drawing up at the quayside. Glasgow holidaymakers enjoyed travelling 'doon the water' to Rothesay, or to Helensburgh, Dunoon and other seaside resorts on the Firth of Clyde. As these trips became increasingly popular, large rail and steamer terminal buildings were required to cope with the sheer volume of passengers arriving by train to embark onto the paddle steamers that would take them on the next stage of their journey. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
Medium Glass
External Reference Box 19
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