View from N showing part of South Street frontage

Description View from N showing part of South Street frontage

Date 4/1/1971

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

Catalogue Number SC 772547

Category On-line Digital Images

Scope and Content Scotstoun Shipbuilding Yard, No 903 South Street, Glasgow This shows the eastern part of the South Street frontage of the yard, all of which was very functional. This was characteristic of the yard, in which nothing was spent unless it was likely to make money. This block probably dated from the early 20th century. When Upper Clyde Shipbuilders failed in 1971 the Scotstoun yard was, like what was left of the Linthouse yard, a sacrificial victim. The Scotstoun yard was officially mothballed, but once the heat was out of the situation it was quietly dismantled. The best of the cranes went to the Fairfield (Govan) yard. This yard was founded in 1861 by Charles Connell. It was very successful in building sailing ships, and then steamships of moderate size. It became part of Upper Clyde Shipbuilders in 1968, and was the most efficient merchant shipbuilding yard in that combine. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

External Reference H35/71/1/40

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/collection/772547

File Format (TIF) Tagged Image File Format bitmap