View from WNW onboard Kelvinhaugh 'Wee' ferry looking toward Kelvinhaugh Wharf with power station in background

Description View from WNW onboard Kelvinhaugh 'Wee' ferry looking toward Kelvinhaugh Wharf with power station in background

Date 10/3/1971

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

Catalogue Number SC 796175

Category On-line Digital Images

Scope and Content Kelvinhaugh Wharf, Kelvinhaugh Ferry, Glasgow This view from the west-south-west taken on 10 March 1971 from a ferryboat operating the Kelvinhaugh passenger ferry service shows the northern terminal of the ferry, with its wooden walls and stairs. To the right is the entrance to Queen's Dock, closed in 1970, and to the left the dock's hydraulic pumping station. The Kelvinhaugh Ferry was started in about 1900, and was the last of the 'wee ferries' to remain in service, closing in about 1976. Queen's Dock was filled in during the 1970s, and is now the site of the Scottish Exhibition & Conference Centre. The pumping station is now a visitor centre for the SV 'Glenlee'. 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 CT138

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