View from SE showing SSW and ESE fronts of S goods shed

Description View from SE showing SSW and ESE fronts of S goods shed

Date 1970

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

Catalogue Number SC 717728

Category On-line Digital Images

Scope and Content Queen's Dock (Pointhouse Road & Stobcross Quay), Glasgow This dock was originally planned by the Clyde Navigation Trust in 1846, but it was not until 1870 that its construction was authorised. It was built between 1872 and 1880, but was opened by Queen Victoria in 1877, after which it was known as Queen's Dock. It had two basins, and was ungated. This view shows the transit shed on the south side of the south basin, from the south east, with its electric quayside cranes beyond. These were installed in the 1950s to speed up cargo handling. By that time the dock was handling smaller cargo vessels because the larger vessels were too deep-draughted to use it. The dock was a major addition to the capacity of Glasgow Harbour, but proved inadequate to take all the traffic offering, and other docks were added in the 1890s and 1920s. In the 1950s and 60s traffic declined sharply, and Queen's Dock closed at the end of 1969. It has since been filled in and redeveloped. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

External Reference H35/70/1/15

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