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Glasgow, Prince's Dock, Centre Basin And Transit Sheds
Dock Basin (19th Century), Transit Shed(S) (19th Century)
Site Name Glasgow, Prince's Dock, Centre Basin And Transit Sheds
Classification Dock Basin (19th Century), Transit Shed(S) (19th Century)
Canmore ID 278881
Site Number NS56SE 87.05
NGR NS 56580 64958
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/278881
- Council Glasgow, City Of
- Parish Govan (City Of Glasgow)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District City Of Glasgow
- Former County Lanarkshire
NS56SE 87.05 56580 64958
Extends onto map sheet NS56NE.
Centre Basin [NAT] (at NS 5647 6498)
OS 1:1250 map, 1970.
Desk Based Assessment (9 August 2017)
Prince’s Dock (NS56NE 4920), located on the south bank of the River Clyde in the Govan area of Glasgow, was designed by James Deas and constructed between 1892 and 1897. It was built primarily to cater for general cargo trade and comprised a large canting basin with associated quays and an entrance on the NW (NS56NE 4920) and (to the ESE of this) three basins (NS56NE 87.5, 87.7, and 4921) that lay parallel to the river (OS 25-inch 3rd edition map Lanarkshire 1913, Sheets 006.09 and 006.10).
The Centre Basin was completed between 1893 and 1896, and was rectangular on plan, measuring 425m from NW to SE by 60m transversely, with mooring posts, travelling cranes and goods sheds running along both the NE (North Pier) and SW (South Pier) sides. The sheds were 2-storey brick buildings with chutes and cranes installed for transferring cargo between floors.
Prince’s Dock ceased to be a commercial dock in the 1970s, and the basins were filled in during the 1980s to allow the development of the Garden Festival site of 1988. Today the area of the Centre Basin is a car park for the offices on Pacific Quay.
Information from HES Survey and Recording (AMcC) 09 August 2017.
