Rothesay Dock, Clydebank

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Doon the Watter - Glasgow to Bowling 2023

Rothesay Dock, (which is in Clydebank, not Rothesay, and took its name from the Prince of Wales, Duke of Rothesay when he opened it in 1907). PIcture taken by David Palmar

23 May 2023

Rothesay Dock with piles of coal, 1975

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Rothesay Dock with piles of coal, 1975. The dock was built in 1907 and opened by the then Duke of Rothesay.
Its purpose was to ease congestion in the upper part of the River Clyde in Glasgow, and to export local coal and supply coal to ships sailing from the Clyde. It imported iron ore for the steelworks in Lanarkshire, before later importing coal again to feed the large power stations of the central belt of Scotland. The coal and iron ore trade has gone, and the dock is now home to the Clyde Boatyard and to Clydebank Port Services.
Scanned from a transparency taken by David Palmar.

18 September 2007

John Brown Engineering and Rothesay Dock from the air, 1972

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John Brown Engineering and Rothesay Dock from the air, 1972. The dock was built in 1907 and opened by the then Duke of Rothesay.
Its purpose was to ease congestion in the upper part of the River Clyde in Glasgow, and to export local coal and supply coal to ships sailing from the Clyde. It imported iron ore for the steelworks in Lanarkshire, before later importing coal again to feed the large power stations of the central belt of Scotland. The coal and iron ore trade has gone, and the dock is now home to the Clyde Boatyard and to Clydebank Port Services.
Scanned from a transparency taken by David Palmar.

18 September 2007

Glendale Guest House Rothesay about 1985

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Glendale Guest House Rothesay about 1985. Glendale was built in 1860 as a private house.
Scanned from a transparency taken by David Palmar.

19 September 2007