This Is My Glasgow

Looking up at the central oculus in the rather stunning dome of the Hamilton Mausoleum to the southeast of Glasgow. Built as the final resting place for the Dukes of Hamilton in the 1840s and 1850s, it was designed by David Hamilton, with additions by David Bryce and Alexander Handyside Ritchie.

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Feb 26 at 4:50pmWeb
Show threadThis Is My GlasgowFeb 26

This mausoleum holds the world record for the longest echo within a man-made structure. It takes a full 15 seconds for the sound of its door slamming shut to finally fade away (which is a lot more impressive when you hear it live than it sounds when written down!).

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Show threadStewart RussellFeb 26
@thisismyglasgow sure beats the Inchindown oil tanks on ease of access
Show threadThis Is My GlasgowFeb 26
@scruss That's true, but apparently that had a reverberation rather than an echo, and no, I don't know what the difference beetween the two is! 😀
Show threadLaurence M 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Feb 26
@thisismyglasgow lovely on one hand , but on the other , it kind of rankles me , to think of the kind of wealth these people lavished on their final lair, given the atrocious poverty in the nearby towns and cities of those times - I get the same feeling walking around my own local Victorian cemetery- massive towers and mausoleums, huge family plots , whilst at the same time, the poor were being tipped in a mass grave on common ground, well away from them- wonder what St Peter said?
Show threadAllyPallyFeb 27
@thisismyglasgow I’m amazed Glasgow University reading room isn’t the worst. It had a huge reverberation if someone coughed or dropped a pencil. Mind you, that was 50 years ago. It’s possible they’ve done something with drapes or soft furniture since. I still find it hard to believe it won an architecture award. Not fit for purpose.