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Glasgow, 18 Clydebrae Street, Govan Graving Docks, Graving Dock No. 1

Dry Dock (19th Century)

Site Name Glasgow, 18 Clydebrae Street, Govan Graving Docks, Graving Dock No. 1

Classification Dry Dock (19th Century)

Alternative Name(s) Govan Dry Docks; River Clyde; Lower Harbour

Canmore ID 278906

Site Number NS56NE 118.01

NGR NS 56122 65499

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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  • Council Glasgow, City Of
  • Parish Govan (City Of Glasgow)
  • Former Region Strathclyde
  • Former District City Of Glasgow
  • Former County Lanarkshire

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NS56NE 118.01 56122 65499

Graving Dock No. 1 [NAT]

OS 1:1250 map, 1983.

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Desk Based Assessment (13 July 2017)

The Govan Graving docks are located on the S bank of the River Clyde opposite the entrance to the Queens Dock (NS56NE 88). Docks No. 1 and No. 2 were built in the 1870s by the Clyde Navigation Trust, the third being added in 1895-7. Dock No. 1, nearest the river, was designed by James Deas and Alex Lister and was the first built between 1869 and 1875. It measures 168m long, 22m wide and 6.9m deep at high tide, which at the time was the deepest in Britain. Built at a time when the Clyde led the world in the building of sophisticated mercantile ships, the Graving Docks were Category A listed in 1987 for their architectural and historic interest in an international context. The associated pump houses, workshops and ancillary buildings have since been demolished, but the docks survive within a much redeveloped and regenerated area of Glasgow.

Information from HES Survey and Recording (AMcC) 13 July 2017.

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