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Glasgow, Stobcross, Queen's Dock, South Basin And Transit Sheds
Dock Basin (19th Century), Goods Shed(S) (19th Century)
Site Name Glasgow, Stobcross, Queen's Dock, South Basin And Transit Sheds
Classification Dock Basin (19th Century), Goods Shed(S) (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) River Clyde
Canmore ID 278927
Site Number NS56NE 88.05
NGR NS 56880 65340
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/278927
- Council Glasgow, City Of
- Parish Glasgow (City Of Glasgow)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District City Of Glasgow
- Former County Lanarkshire
Desk Based Assessment (11 August 2017)
Queen’s Dock on the north bank of the River Clyde was built between 1872 and 1880, and exemplified the heyday of Glasgow as a mercantile port. The dock had two basins, entered from the W and a total water area of 33¾ acres (13.6ha), as depicted on the 1:500 OS Town Plan (1894 Glasgow Sheets VI.10.11, VI.9.10, VI.9.15). The South Basin measured 510m by 70m transversely and there were goods sheds on the South Quay and Centre Pier. These were brick built single-storey sheds, 18.3m (60 ft) wide with an open roadway in the middle for access. Whilst the North Quay was fitted with coal shipping facilities, the South and Centre Quays were allocated to the general cargo trade - the quaysides dotted with mooring posts and travelling cranes. These cranes were not supplied by the Clyde Navigation Trust, but were installed later by the regular traders. In 1977 the dock was filled in and the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre (NS56NE 144) has since been built on the site.
Information from HES Survey and Recording (AMcC) 11 August 2017.
