River Clyde Photography: August 2016

Wednesday 31 August 2016

Silver Quest 11

Silver Quest 11 berthed at East India Harbour Greenock.

Monday 29 August 2016

Aurilia

Aurilia,a large bulker approaching KGV dock Glasgow.

Friday 26 August 2016

SD Northern River

SD Northern River heading for the Great Harbour Greenock.

Tuesday 23 August 2016

Monday 22 August 2016

Grey Heron

Grey Heron seen at Maryhill locks on the Forth and Clyde Canal.

Saturday 20 August 2016

Friday 19 August 2016

Wednesday 17 August 2016

A Western ferry making her way to Dunoon with the village of Strone in the background.

Sunday 14 August 2016

HMS Forth

HMS Forth in the Govan yard.
For some earlier pictures click HERE

River Clyde Photography

Over half of Scotland’s population lives within a short distance of the River Clyde, from its humble beginnings in South Lanarkshire where it is created by two streams the Patrail Water and the Daer Water, the two streams meet at Watermeetings where the River Clyde starts.

It’s not long before it reaches picturesque Lanark and its famous waterfalls. It eventually finds its way to Glasgow who’s citizens in the 18^th century narrowed and deepened and ultimately industrialised the river making it one of the most famous shipbuilding rivers in the world, Glasgow did indeed make the Clyde and of course the Clyde made Glasgow, at its peak the Clyde shipyards built a fifth of the worlds ships.

During the 2^nd world war Winston Churchill said that “Liverpool and Glasgow were the lungs in which the country breathed through”. Ship building along with heavy industry is all but dead on the Clyde, the majority of our industrial heritage was swept away in the 70s and 80s leaving few traces of the rivers famous past.

Leaving Glasgow, the Clyde broadens as you pass the towns of Dumbarton, Port Glasgow and Greenock, who all played a part in making the Clyde famous through shipbuilding.

At the Tail of the Bank the river broadens once more and becomes the firth with its many sea lochs coastal towns and villages.

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