Recording Your Heritage Online
Event ID 565801
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Recording Your Heritage Online
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Queen's Dock, 1882, James Deas
The opening of the Queen's Dock and the railway spelt the end of Stobcross House and Finnieston. Cut and built in Giffnock stone, the Dock transformed the area into a city service centre, legacies of which are still evident. It was filled for the Scottish Exhibition Centre (see below). Only the Finnieston Crane, 1932, by Cowans Sheldon, now recalls the mercantile bustle. The craine could load railway engines and tanks on to cargo ships, which is said to be one reason for its survival. Otherwise the engineering works have gone.
Taken from "Greater Glasgow: An Illustrated Architectural Guide", by Sam Small, 2008. Published by the Rutland Press http://www.rias.org.uk
