The Glasgow Tower, built as part of the regeneration of the local area after the dock had been closed in the 1970s and filled in in the 1980s, can be seen through the trees behind it. It opened in 2001.
#glasgow #architecture #architecturephotography #industrialarchitecture #glasgowhistory
The former Prince's Dock Auxillary Accumulator Tower opposite the old Govan Town Hall on Govan Road in Glasgow. Built in 1911, its design is based on a campanile, a free standing Italian bell tower.
It was constructed to power a hydraulic coal hoist for the Clyde Navigation Trust. It's one of the few structures left from what was once the largest dock the city.
Cont./
#glasgow #architecture #architecturephotography #industrialarchitecture #glasgowhistory
Along with the likes of William Smeal and James McCune Smith, Wardlaw was at the heart of the anti-slavery movement in Glasgow, which, in tern, was one of the main centres of the anti-slavery movement in Britain, and indeed in the world. He also happened to be the cousin of the slave-owning Humphrey Ewing Macrae of Cathkin House, which must have made for some interesting family gatherings.
#glasgow #architecture #glasgowhistory #architecturephotography
Below is a memorial for the Reverand Dr Ralph Wardlaw in the Glasgow Necropolis, forever staring our across the city in the approximate direction of Cathkin House. Wardlaw, who died in 1853, helped found the Glasgow Anti-Slavery Society in 1823, and by 1830, he had become the leading Scottish campaigner for immediate abolition of slavery.
Cont./
#glasgow #architecture #glasgowhistory #architecturephotography
Two sides of Glasgow's historic links to the slave trade. At the top is Cathkin House on the southern edge of the city, built in 1799 for Walter Ewing Macrae. Macrae was a Glasgow merchant who made his fortune in the West Indies. His son Humphrey Ewing Macrae, who took owership of the house on his father's death in 1814, carried on in this family business and at the time slavery was abolished in the British Colonies in 1833, he owned more than 400 slaves.
Cont./
I've only ever found this design on the roads leading into Glasgow from the north (from Drymen and Aberfoyle), but I presume they were also used on roads leading in from other directions as well. I have no idea if any of them are protected in any way, but they don't seem to be.
The remaining mile markers of this style are all situated on the side of the road heading towards Glasgow, and were presumably erected by the city's Royal Exchange (as this is the location the distances are give to). These cast-iron ones replaced older stone ones, which gave distances to Glasgow Cross (and as far as I know, only one of these stone ones remains).
Cont./
A cast-iron mile marker on the road between Glasgow and Aberfoyle (to use the modern spelling). Originally placed every mile, I know of six, out of of what was presumably originally around 27, that are left in situ along this road. This design seems to be unique to Glasgow, and the ones giving distances to Stirling and to major towns south of Glasgow follow different designs.
Cont./
A quick reminder that I'll be running a walking tour in Glasgow next Sunday (26 April) starting at 10am and lasting 1.5 to 2 hours. It will be looking at the history and architecture of Buchanan Street and its surrounding areas. Tickets are £12.50 each and there are 20 spaces available.
You can book a place or find out more about it here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-history-and-architecture-of-glasgows-buchanan-street-tickets-1987383861629?aff=oddtdtcreator
Bishop Joceline (or Jocelin), the Bishop of Glasgow between 1175 and 1199, on Saint Mary's Episcopal Cathedral on Great Western Road in Glasgow. During his tenure, he successfully petitioned King William to grant Glasgow the status of a Burgh, which marked its birth as a city.
This Is My Glasgow