Twiteryeanot 🏴Titan Crane. Iconic shipbuilding remnant on the Clyde.
This Is My GlasgowSuch 'knock-down' ships were produced by a number of Clyde shipyards, and while the Sir Walter Scott remained in Scotland, others were shipped to inland waterways all over the world.
It was constructed in 1900 at the William Denny Shipyard in Dumbarton and was originally assembled with nuts and bolts. After completing its sea trials, it was taken apart before being transported to Loch Katrine, first by barge along Loch Lomond and then by horse cart to Stronachlacher Pier where it was re-assembled with permanent rivets and relaunched.
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The SS Sir Walter Scott today on Loch Katrine to the north of Glasgow. Built as a ferry and pleasure cruiser, it's the only screw-driven steamship left in Scotland.
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Sunset over three Glasgow shipyards as seen from the Riverside Museum. In the foreground are the remains of the ramps of the old Meadowside Shipyard in Partick (last ship launched in 1935). In the distance is the titan crane of the former Barclay Curle Shipyard in Whiteinch (closed in the 1960s). Between these two on the left is the BAE Govan Shipyard, which is the last shipyard still operating on the upper Clyde.
The P/S Waverley berthed at Pacific Quay in Glasgow. Built in 1946, this is the last sea-going passenger-carrying paddle steamer in the world. With a length of 239 feet and a 2,100 hp steam engine built by Rankin and Blackmore of Greenock turning two lateral paddles (one of which can be seen in the foreground), she's capable of travelling at up to 18 knots.
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The former North British Diesel Engine Works on South Street in Glasgow. Part of the Barclay Curle Clydeholm shipyard, it was built in 1913, it was designed by Karl Bernhard in a Modernist style based on on Peter Behren's 1909 A.E.G. Turbine Factory in Berlin. The Titan Crane was built in 1920 to lift the completed engines into ships berthed alongside the engineering works on the Clyde.
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Tonight's sunset on the Clyde in Glasgow looking over the old Meadowfield Shipyard in Partick in the foreground (last ship launched in 1935), past the BAE Govan Shipyard on the left (still operational) to the titan crane at the former Barclay Curle Shipyard in Whiteinch in the distance (closed in the 1960s).
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Der KreuzfahrttesterNeuer Wohnschiff-Trend: Flucht auf die See? Clydebuilt enthüllt Dark Island Projekt!
Der Traum
https://kreuzfahrttester.com/2025/03/15/dark-island/
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Der Traum
https://kreuzfahrttester.com/2025/03/15/dark-island/
#ClydebuiltDarkIsland #KreuzfahrtNews #AlternativeWohnformen #Clydebuilt #DarkIsland #Erkundungsreisen #ExklusiveKreuzfahrt #Hochseeresidenz #Kreuzfahrt #LuxusSuite #Luxuskreuzfahrt #Luxusreisen #NachhaltigeKreuzfahrt #NachhaltigeSchifffahrt #SchwimmendesLuxusapartment #SchwimmendesZuhause #Weltreise #Weltumrundung #WohnenAufSee #Wohnschiff
Carving of HMS Agamemnon on a Clydebank tenement. Built by William Beardmore and Company, it was the largest warship built on the Clyde when it was launched in 1906.
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#tenements #ship #architecture #dalmuir
