View from E showing MV 'Glen Sannox' approaching pier

Description View from E showing MV 'Glen Sannox' approaching pier

Date 16/2/1971

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

Catalogue Number SC 776000

Category On-line Digital Images

Scope and Content Pier, Wemyss Bay Station, Inverclyde This shows the side-loading car ferry Glen Sannox approaching the pier from Rothesay. This vessel was designed for the ferry service from Ardrossan to Arran, and was one of the first generation of Clyde car ferries. The timber detailing of the pier edge is typical of Clyde piers. This complex is still in use, though the numbers of people using the interchange are much reduced from its designed capacity. The sub-structure of the pier was replaced in reinforced concrete in the 1980s when the structure was adapted to handle side and stern loading vessels. The first station and pier on this site were opened in 1865 by the Wemyss Bay Railway, to provide a railway pier for steamer services on the lower Clyde estuary. The company was absorbed by the Caledonian Railway, who rebuilt the facilities to provide an interface between its trains and steamers. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

External Reference H35/71/7/3

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/collection/776000

File Format (TIF) Tagged Image File Format bitmap