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Clyde Navigation Trust Hydraulic pumping station
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Glasgow - Govan Graving Docks
The former Clyde Navigation Trust's Hydraulic pumping station at the entrance to the site of the former Queen's Dock on the River Clyde is in the centre of this photo, taken from Govan Graving Docks. The pumping station was used to power cranes and a swing bridge over the dock entrance.
29 October 2013
Clyde Navigation Trust Hydraulic pumping station
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Glasgow - Govan Graving Docks
The former Clyde Navigation Trust's Hydraulic pumping station at the entrance to the site of the former Queen's Dock on the River Clyde is in the centre of this photo. It was used to power cranes and a swing bridge over the dock entrance. Glasgow City Heliport is on the right, and the pedestrian bridge over the Clydeside Expressway is to the left, under the tower of Glasgow University.
29 October 2013
RMS Queen Elizabeth in Firth of Clyde Dry Dock, Greenock, January 1966
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Doon the Watter - Firth of Clyde
RMS Queen Elizabeth in Firth of Clyde Dry Dock, Greenock, January 1966, for an extensive refit, including the installation of an outdoor swimming pool. Scanned from a transparency taken by David Palmar.
19 September 2007
Queen's Dock and Clydeside Expressway, Glasgow in 1978
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Glasgow - Old Glasgow scanned from film
Queen's Dock and Clydeside Expressway, Glasgow looking west in 1978. This dock was filled in by the rubble from Glasgow's comprehensive redevelopment programme, and formed the site of the Scottish Exhibition Centre, later to become the Scottish Event Campus (SEC). Scanned from a transparency taken by David Palmar.
19 July 2007
Queen Elizabeth in dry dock, Greenock
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CEP - Greenock and Inner Firth of Clyde
RMS Queen Elizabeth in dry dock, Greenock in 1966. Constructed in the mid 1930s by John Brown and Company at Clydebank. RMS Queen Elizabeth was a Royal Mail Ship (RMS). She was sold to a Hong Kong business to convert her into a floating university. She caught fire during construction and capsized. She was partially scrapped where she lay. Scanned from a slide taken by CE Palmar
