Tall ship Glenlee and the Riverside Transport Museum, Glasgow

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Tall ship Glenlee and the Riverside Transport Museum and the preparatory works for the Govan - Partick Bridge, taken by David Palmar.
The cranes mark the site of the new swing bridge for pedestrians, wheelers and cyclists, which will extend from Water Row in Govan on the left (south) bank of the Clyde to Pointhoise Quay beside the Riverside Museum on the right (north) bank.

23 May 2023

Tall ship Glenlee, the Riverside Transport Museum and the River Kelvin, Glasgow

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Tall ship Glenlee, the Riverside Transport Museum, the River Kelvin and the preparatory works for the Govan - Partick Bridge over the Clyde, taken by David Palmar.
The north side of the pedestrian, wheeler and cycle bridge will be on Pointhouse Quay at the Riverside Museum.

23 May 2023

King George V Dock in June 1967

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King George V Dock, Glasgow in June 1967, showing a good number of general cargo vessels using it. The dock opened in 1931.
Scanned from a transparency taken by David Palmar.

19 September 2007

King George V Dock in 1975

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King George V Dock, Glasgow in 1975, showing very few general cargo vessels using it. The dock opened in 1931.
Scanned from a transparency taken by David Palmar.

19 September 2007

King George V Dock in 1987

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King George V Dock, Glasgow in 1987, showing only one small vessel using it. The dock opened in 1931.
Scanned from a transparency taken by David Palmar.

19 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

Number 736, Q4 or QE2 under construction at John Brown's shipyard in 1967

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Number 736, Q4 or eventually QE2 (Queen Elizabeth the Second) as she was to be named, under construction at John Brown's shipyard in Clydebank in 1967.
Scanned from a transparency taken by David Palmar.

20 September 2007

QE2 and Volnay in John Brown's fitting out basin, 1968

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QE2 (Queen Elizabeth the Second) in the fitting out basin following her launch at John Brown's shipyard in Clydebank in 1968.
To the left is bulk carrier Volnay, which was scrapped in 1996.
Scanned from a transparency taken by David Palmar.

20 September 2007

John Brown's shipyard in Clydebank seen from the air in 1972

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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

Container ship Atlantic Conveyor in Port Glasgow in 1987

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Container ship Atlantic Conveyor being lengthened at the Ferguson shipyard in Port Glasgow in 1987. This ship replaced the older one sunk in the 1982 Falklands War. She was broken up in India in 2017.
Scanned from a transparency taken by David Palmar.

19 September 2007