Glasgow, Pointhouse Shipyard
Shipyard (19th Century)
Site Name Glasgow, Pointhouse Shipyard
Classification Shipyard (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Sawmill, Joiners Shop, Pattern Makers Shop; Castlebank Street; Ferry Road
Canmore ID 164790
Site Number NS56NE 1449
NGR NS 55846 66106
NGR Description Centred NS 5582 6605
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/164790
- Council Glasgow, City Of
- Parish Govan (City Of Glasgow)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District City Of Glasgow
- Former County Lanarkshire
NS56NE 1449 centred 5582 6605
Desk Based Assessment (October 2001)
Archaeological desk based study carried out on Glasgow Harbour by FIRAT Archaeological Services.
Desk Based Assessment (29 June 2017)
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.
