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View looking ESE showing WNW and SSW fronts of centre pier with south quay on right

SC 717749

Description View looking ESE showing WNW and SSW fronts of centre pier with south quay on right

Date 1970

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

Catalogue Number SC 717749

Category On-line Digital Images

Scope and Content Queen's Dock (Pointhouse Road & Finnieston 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 dock from the entrance, looking east, showing the two basins. On the right is the south basin, with its transit sheds, and on the left part of the north basin. The electric wharf cranes were installed in the 1950s. The quay walls are founded on concrete cylinders, a pioneering technique. 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 H35/70/1/34

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/collection/717749

File Format (TIF) Tagged Image File Format bitmap

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