View from SE showing ESE front of west quay with power station in background and part of S quay on left

Description View from SE showing ESE front of west quay with power station in background and part of S quay on left

Date 1970

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

Catalogue Number SC 717756

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 entrance to the dock from the east, looking along the south quay of the south basin. The entrance channel is to the left of the hydraulic pumping station with its tower. The quay to the right was originally fitted with hydraulic cranes. The chimney belonged to a refuse destructor. 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 H35/70/1/40

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