Glasgow, Anderston Quay

Anderston Quay is located on the N bank of the River Clyde opposite Springfield Quay and is depicted on the 1:500 OS Town Plan of Glasgow (1857, VI.10.18), at that time consisting of a series of mooring posts and two goods sheds measuring 105m by 8m and 80m by 8m respectively. The map also shows two ferry crossings to the east and west respectively of the quay and indicated by sets of steps descending to the waterline on both banks. The OS Town Plan of 1893 (Glasgow, Sheet VI.10.18) shows that the goods sheds had been replaced by one large shed measuring 218m by 16m transversely. The landing steps to the west remained, although the quayside here had been remodelled, and the east ferry crossing was annotated as the ‘Clyde Street Ferry’. During this time much work was being undertaken to deepen the Clyde and by 1871 a minimum depth of 22ft at high water was available between Greenock and the Broomielaw Quays, a distance of 22 miles. In 1867 the Kingston Dock (NS56SE 1243), immediately west of Anderston Quay on the south bank was opened, the first dock outwith the river basin. The area, now immediately west of the Kingston Bridge, has recently been landscaped. The ground on which the good shed stood is now occupied by the A814 public road and an adjoining lay-by.

Information from HES Survey and Recording (AMcC) 16 June 2017