View from ESE showing Kelvinhaugh 'Wee' ferry docked at Kelvinhaugh Wharf

Description View from ESE showing Kelvinhaugh 'Wee' ferry docked at Kelvinhaugh Wharf

Date 28/1/1967

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

Catalogue Number SC 796172

Category On-line Digital Images

Scope and Content Kelvinhaugh Wharf, Kelvinhaugh Ferry, Glasgow This view from the east-north-east taken on 28 January 1967 shows the Kelvinhaugh passenger ferry at its north terminal off Pointhouse Road. The diesel-engined ferryboat is double-ended, and steered from the cab seen in this photograph. The terminals have wooden stairs to take account of tides. The Kelvinhaugh Ferry was introduced in about 1900, and was the last of the 'wee ferries' to remain in service, closing in about 1976. The last three ferryboats were sold for further service, two on the Forth & Clyde Canal. One of these was run by the Forth & Clyde Canal Society as the 'Ferry Queen'. Because the expansion of Glasgow Harbour in the 19th century was largely linear, there was a demand for ferries which was met by the Clyde Navigation Trust. Passenger-only ferries were provided at intervals down as far as Meadowside. These were phased out in the 1960s and 1970s. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

External Reference CT135

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