River Clyde Photography

Tuesday, 24 February 2009

Monday, 23 February 2009

Friday, 20 February 2009

Libertas

Passing through the Cumbries

The Isle of Arran

Thursday, 19 February 2009

Canopus J

Arriving at Greenock container terminal.

Wednesday, 18 February 2009

HMS Kingfisher

HMS Kingfisher a Bird Class patrol vessel on a visit to Glasgow during the late 80s.

Making her way up to Sheildhall on the 17 Feb 2009 to deliver animal feed ,Spirit Of Brazil is one of the largest ships to visit Glasgow.

Spirit of Brazil
Grt - 36.591
Dwt - 70.653
Length - 224.00
Breadth - 32.20

Tuesday, 17 February 2009

Cameron

Briggs Marine buoy maintenance vessel Cameron approaching James Watt Dock.

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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Tuesday, 24 February 2009

motor launch

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Beaver Bay

Friday, 20 February 2009

Libertas

Thursday, 19 February 2009

Canopus J

Wednesday, 18 February 2009

HMS Kingfisher

Spirit Of Brazil

Tuesday, 17 February 2009

Cameron

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