Greenock, Albert Harbour
Harbour (19th Century)-(20th Century)
Site Name Greenock, Albert Harbour
Classification Harbour (19th Century)-(20th Century)
Canmore ID 105879
Site Number NS27NE 49
NGR NS 27812 76812
NGR Description Centred NS 27812 76812
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/105879
- Council Inverclyde
- Parish Greenock
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Inverclyde
- Former County Renfrewshire
Note (6 June 2017)
Construction started in 1862 of the Albert Harbour, which replaced the earlier Albert Quay (see NS27NE 427). The harbour was roughly rectangular on plan, measuring 304m from NW to SE by 104m transversely, with a 40m wide entrance in the middle of its NE side. A number of transit sheds were built on the NE, SE and NW sides of the harbour, all served by a railway or tramway. The harbour was never completed to the scheme originally intended by the Harbour Trust. It was filled in the late 1960s for the creation of the container port. All that is now visible of the harbour is some of its riverside masonry and its now largely blocked off entrance.
Information from HES, Survey and Recording (AKK) 2 April 2017.
