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Speirs Wharf, Port Dundas, Glasgow
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Glasgow - North (Ruchill, Hamiltonhill, Forth and Clyde Canal Glasgow Branch)
Speirs Wharf, Port Dundas on the Glasgow Branch of the Forth and Clyde Canal. The former Forth and Clyde Navigation Company canal office is on the right, and beyond it the former City of Glasgow Grain Mills, and Sugar Refinery in the tall building at the far end. The buildings were converted into flats in the 1980s.
23 February 2020
Hogganfield Loch, Hogganfield Park, Glasgow - Whooper Swan
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Glasgow - Hogganfield Loch
Adult Whooper Swan (Cygnus Cygnus) at Hogganfield Loch in Hogganfield Park, a Glasgow City Council local nature reserve. This location is very suitable for urban birding, with a great variety of species arriving each season. Up to 22 Whooper Swans and two cygnets were here in the winter of 2010-11. In comparison with a Mute swan (Cygnus olor), as well as the difference in their beak colour, it can also be observed that they have a longer straighter neck.
19 January 2011
Meadowside Granary in 1975, with bulk grain carrier Dalesman
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Glasgow - Old Glasgow scanned from film
Meadowside Granary in 1975, seen from PS Waverley, with bulk grain carrier Dalesman. You can see the hoses through which the grain was loaded into the granary from the vessel. At one point, this was the largest granary in Europe. Scanned from a transparency taken by David Palmar
19 September 2007
Witch's broom on Silver Birch, Forth and Clyde Canal, Ruchill
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Glasgow - North (Ruchill, Hamiltonhill, Forth and Clyde Canal Glasgow Branch)
Witch's broom, a ball-shaped deformity in a tree caused by a pathogen such as a fungus, in this case on Silver Birch (Betula pendula), near the Forth and Clyde Canal Glasgow branch, Ruchill
23 February 2020
Witch's broom on Silver Birch and Reed mace, Forth and Clyde Canal, Ruchill
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Glasgow - North (Ruchill, Hamiltonhill, Forth and Clyde Canal Glasgow Branch)
Witch's broom, a ball-shaped deformity in a tree caused by a pathogen such as a fungus, in this case on Silver Birch (Betula pendula), near the Forth and Clyde Canal Glasgow branch, Ruchill. In the foreground is Reed mace or bulrush (Typha sp).
23 February 2020
Constructing a new footbridge across the Forth and Clyde Canal, Hamiltonhill, Glasgow
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Glasgow - North (Ruchill, Hamiltonhill, Forth and Clyde Canal Glasgow Branch)
New pedestrian, cycle and wheeling bridge under construction at Hamiltonhill Claypits near Maryhill, Glasgow, as part of a Scottish Canals green infrastructure project, to promote active travel and enable access to the Claypits nature reserve.
23 February 2020
New footbridge under construction at Hamiltonhill Claypits, Glasgow
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Glasgow - North (Ruchill, Hamiltonhill, Forth and Clyde Canal Glasgow Branch)
New pedestrian, cycle and wheeling bridge under construction at Hamiltonhill Claypits near Maryhill, Glasgow, as part of a Scottish Canals green infrastructure project, to promote active travel and enable access to the Claypits nature reserve.
23 February 2020
Forth and Clyde Canal and M8, Craighall, Glasgow
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Glasgow - North (Ruchill, Hamiltonhill, Forth and Clyde Canal Glasgow Branch)
The newly reconstructed section of the Forth and Clyde Canal Glasgow branch, parallel to the M8 motorway at Craighall, linking the canal sections at Speirs Wharf, Port Dundas, with Pinkston canal basin.
23 February 2020
Canal office, Speirs Wharf, Port Dundas
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Glasgow - North (Ruchill, Hamiltonhill, Forth and Clyde Canal Glasgow Branch)
The former Forth and Clyde Navigation Company canal office, Speirs Wharf, Port Dundas, built in 1812.
23 February 2020
Bascule bridge at Applecross Street, Port Dundas, Glasgow
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Glasgow - North (Ruchill, Hamiltonhill, Forth and Clyde Canal Glasgow Branch)
The bascule bridge at Applecross Street, Port Dundas, over the Forth and Clyde Canal Glasgow Branch with both the old and new headquarters buildings of Scottish Canals in the background. The old building is listed but suffered fire damage in the 1990s and is at risk.
