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Glasgow, Kingston Dock
Dock (19th Century)
Site Name Glasgow, Kingston Dock
Classification Dock (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Kingston Docks; Windmillcroft Quay; River Clyde
Canmore ID 173856
Site Number NS56SE 1243
NGR NS 5816 6471
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/173856
- Council Glasgow, City Of
- Parish Glasgow (City Of Glasgow)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District City Of Glasgow
- Former County Lanarkshire
NS56SE 1243 5816 6471.
NS56SE 1200 NS 5806 6475 Kingston Dock, Swing Bridge
Desk Based Assessment (October 2001)
Archaeological desk based study carried out on Glasgow Harbour by FIRAT Archaeological Services.
Project (2007)
This project was undertaken to input site information listed in 'Civil engineering heritage: Scotland - Lowlands and Borders' by R Paxton and J Shipway, 2007.
Publication Account (2007)
By 1871, under the direction of Clyde Navigation Engineer James Deas, a minimum depth of 22 ft at high
water was available between Greenock and the Broomielaw quays, a distance of some 22 miles.
In 1867 the five-acre Kingston Dock was opened, the first dock outwith the river basin. was built under the direction of Deas and exemplify the heyday of Glasgow as a mercantile port and, in terms of population, Britain’s second largest city.
R Paxton and J Shipway
Reproduced from 'Civil Engineering heritage: Scotland - Lowlands and Borders' with kind permission of Thomas Telford Publishers.
