View from SW showing puffer MV 'Pibroch' moored on NW side of basin

Description View from SW showing puffer MV 'Pibroch' moored on NW side of basin

Date c. 1983

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

Catalogue Number SC 796180

Category On-line Digital Images

Scope and Content Yorkhill Basin, Pointhouse Road, Glasgow This view from the south-west, taken in about 1983, shows the puffer 'Pibroch', moored to the north-west side of the basin. This vessel was built in 1957 for Scottish Malt Distillers, replacing a steam puffer of the same name, to serve the company's Islay distilleries. It is seen here in the ownership of the Glenlight Shipping Co Ltd. The vessel was in effect laid up when this photograph was taken, as it was too small for efficient operation. It was sold soon after by Glenlight. The basin is in 2003 threatened with infilling to create a larger space for the redevelopment of the area. Yorkhill Basin was constructed in about 1908 at the west-north-west end of Yorkhill Quay. Both were used largely by the vessels of the Anchor Line, which served North America and the Far East. These services ended in about 1970, and both quay and basin were thereafter little used, except for visiting vessels. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

External Reference CT142

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