River Clyde Photography: February 2020

Thursday, 27 February 2020

Active

Border force patrol boat Active in James Watt Dock.

Monday, 24 February 2020

Ayr

Fishing boats off the coast at Ayr,in the background is Greenan Castle.

Saturday, 22 February 2020

Commander Jack up barge

Commander Jack up barge working through the night on the new £19m cruise berthing and visitor centre.

Sunday, 16 February 2020

Ali Cat

Ali cat looking very smart in the winter sunshine.

Friday, 7 February 2020

Admiral Day

Admiral Day dredger entering Ayr Harbour in a 30mph wind.

Tuesday, 4 February 2020

Village Belle iv.

Saturday, 1 February 2020

The Svitzer tug Anglegarth practising her fire fighting equipment.

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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