River Clyde Photography

Friday, 6 February 2009

Lyrika

Collecting scrap metal from Diesel Wharf in Glasgow

Queen Elizabeth

The front cover of a magazine published 1954 in America.

Thursday, 5 February 2009

Warrior 111

Warrior 111 photographed from Port Glasgow ,she was on her way to Glasgow.

Wednesday, 4 February 2009

SD Omagh

SD Omagh making her way to the Great Harbour

Tuesday, 3 February 2009

Queen Mary

A Glass magic lantern slide of the unfinished Queen Mary at John Browns.

Sunday, 1 February 2009

Tarnholm

The Sweedish tanker heading to Rothesay Dock ,more pictures of her can be seen 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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Friday, 6 February 2009

Lyrika

Queen Elizabeth

Sailling off Millport

Thursday, 5 February 2009

Warrior 111

Wednesday, 4 February 2009

SD Omagh

Tuesday, 3 February 2009

Queen Mary

Sunday, 1 February 2009

Tarnholm

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