River Clyde Photography

Sunday 17 March 2019

Eagle Barnets

Eagle Barnets,heading for the Finart oil terminal on Loch Long.

Wednesday 13 March 2019

Friday 8 March 2019

Shearwater

Dredger Shearwater marking her way down river from Glasgow.

Tuesday 5 March 2019

Ferguson's

Construction of new Calmac ferry,Port Glasgow.

Thursday 28 February 2019

Tuesday 26 February 2019

Caledonian Isles arriving at Ardrossan.

Monday 25 February 2019

Saturday 23 February 2019

HMS Meadway

HMS Meadway at Scotstoun.before she set out on sea trials.

Friday 22 February 2019

SD Oransay

Heading for the Great harbour Greenock.

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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Sunday 17 March 2019

Eagle Barnets

Wednesday 13 March 2019

Storm Gourock

Friday 8 March 2019

Shearwater

Tuesday 5 March 2019

Ferguson's

Thursday 28 February 2019

Aliseo F574

Tuesday 26 February 2019

Monday 25 February 2019

Bruiser

Saturday 23 February 2019

HMS Meadway

Friday 22 February 2019

SD Oransay

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