River Clyde Photography: January 2020

Wednesday, 29 January 2020

Saturday, 25 January 2020

Waverley

The Waverley at
James Watt Dock,
funells removed in preparation for her new boiler.

Monday, 20 January 2020

Edda Sun

Norwegian offshore research ship seen here leaving Fairlie Pier.

Dillon Owen

Dillon Owen being scrapped at James Watt Dock.

For pictures of her arrival at Greenock click HERE

Thursday, 16 January 2020

Cemvale

Heading down river having delivered cement at KGV Glasgow

Monday, 13 January 2020

Bente

Bente passing Dumbarton on way to Glasgow.

Thursday, 9 January 2020

Battler

The tug Battler helping to manoeuvre a tanker into Rothesay Dock Clydebank.

Monday, 6 January 2020

Irvine

No date on the post card,but probably the 1970s

Sunday, 5 January 2020

MV Loch Shira

MV Loch Shira departing Largs .

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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