When no longer needed, some of these punts, along with other vessels, were taken to this inlet off the Clyde near Erskine and left to decay on the muddy foreshore. This created a boat graveyard which can still be seen to this day.
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Love these column capitals featuring the prows of long boats on the second phase of the Clyde Navigation Trust building on the Broomielaw in Glasgow.
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In the middle of the pediment itself is Father Clyde, the personification of the river on which Glasgow was built and the source of much of its wealth. On either side of Father Clyde are figures representing the eastern and western hemisphere bringing him goods as tribute. All in all, it's a powerful representation of how Glasgow saw its role in the world at the time the sculpture was made.
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John Mossman's wonderful pediment sculpture on the 1884 section of the Clyde Navigation Trust building on Robertson Street in Glasgow. On its apex is Poseidon, the Greek god of the sea, standing on a boat being pulled by two rearing seahorses. Beneath the boat is the half-human Triton, Poseidon's son, rising from the depths.
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Some rather wonderful decorative ironwork on the Clyde Navigation Trust building on Robertson Street in Glasgow. It's a really beautiful piece of design, but I can't decide if the asymmetry in the central roundel adds to or detracts from it!
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A rather impressive ornamental crest in the opulent boardroom of J.J. Burnet's 1880s Clyde Navigation Trust building on Robertson Street in Glasgow.
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The rather opulent boardroom of J.J. Burnet's 1880s Clyde Navigation Trust building on Robertson Street in Glasgow.
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A rather beautiful stained glass window featuring a variation on the Glasgow Coat of Arms in the Clyde Navigation Trust building in Robertson Street in Glasgow.
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It became part of the Clyde Port Authority (the name surrounding the compass rose) in 1966, which was created through a merger of Clyde Navigation trust, the Greenock Harbour Trust and the Clyde Lighthouses Trust.
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Love this compass rose mosaic at the entrance to the Clyde Navigation Trust building on Robertson Street in Glasgow. The Clyde Navigation Trust was created in 1858 to managed all aspects of the port of Glasgow, including ensuring the Clyde remained navigable.
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