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John Brown Engineering and Rothesay Dock from the air, 1972
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Doon the Watter - Clyde Tunnel to Erskine Bridge
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
John Brown's shipyard in Clydebank seen from the air in 1972
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Doon the Watter - Clyde Tunnel to Erskine Bridge
John Brown's shipyard in Clydebank seen from the air in 1972. Two large vessels are under construction. Opposite the yard is Newshot Island. In the foreground is Rothesay Dock. In the background is the newly constructed Erskine Bridge and to the right the Kilpatrick Hills. Scanned from a transparency taken by David Palmar.
05 October 2007
The mouth of the River Leven from Dumbarton Rock
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Doon the Watter - Firth of Clyde
The mouth of the River Leven from Dumbarton Rock, showing Sandpoint - the original site of the William Denny shipyard on the west bank of the river, before it expanded to the east side below Dumbarton Rock. The red building is Ballantine's whisky distillery, demolished in 2017. Scanned from a transparency taken by David Palmar.
