Desk Based Assessment
Date 29 June 2017
Event ID 1024914
Category Recording
Type Desk Based Assessment
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1024914
The Pointhouse Shipyard was located on the eastern bank of the River Kelvin, 200m upstream from its confluence with the River Clyde. It was founded in 1862 by A and J Inglis to build hulls for the engines they were building in Anderston. In 1865-7 a slip-dock measuring 260m in length by 17m in breadth was installed and its extent is depicted on the 2nd edition of the OS 25-inch map (Lanarkshire 1896, Sheet 006.05). It was equipped with a 45m carriage powered by a 30 horsepower steam engine designed by A. G. Thomson. The firm was acquired during World War One by Harland and Wolff of Belfast. It closed in 1962 and by 1964, when it was photographed by Professor Hume, it was derelict. Now completely removed, the site of the shipyard has been landscaped and is now crossed by the approach road to the Riverside museum (NS56NE 5024).
Information from HES Survey and Recording (AMcC) 29 June 2017.
