River Clyde Photography

Friday, 9 May 2014

Bounder

Bounder,heading for Glasgow to collect scrap metal.

Thursday, 8 May 2014

Wednesday, 7 May 2014

MV Lochnevis

MV Lochnevis at Garvel dry dock for her annual overhaul.

Monday, 5 May 2014

PS Waverley

Waverley entering dry dock for her annual check up .

Friday, 2 May 2014

Hornisse

Hornisse departing the Clyde after a visit to Clydebank,the navy ship is Lyme Bay.

Monday, 28 April 2014

Innovator BA95

Innovator,small fishing boat at Ardrossan.

Helensburgh

A distant view of Helensburgh town and the Gareloch.

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, 9 May 2014

Bounder

Thursday, 8 May 2014

Fehn Courage

Wednesday, 7 May 2014

MV Lochnevis

Monday, 5 May 2014

PS Waverley

Friday, 2 May 2014

Hornisse

Monday, 28 April 2014

Innovator BA95

Helensburgh

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