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I love the fact this weigh station has been left in place in the new park at the Govan Graving Docks in Glasgow. Installed in 1889, it was originally at the entrance to the Harbour Workshop. It even still has the stone tramways on either side of it to make it easier for horse-drawn vehicles to travel over the surrounding setts.

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Angelika Wienert 21h ago

@thisismyglasgow

Very interesting.

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Clutha🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇸🇩🇺🇦

@haiku_shelf @thisismyglasgow
Played football in the bottom of one of the docks.
The ship I was working on , HMS Fife was in the largest of the docks. She got stuck on the cill going in which was unfortunate for me having sampled copious amounts of home made beer the night before and my digestive system was in melt down. As soon as the gangway got lowered I was up to the dock toilets like the road runner. Ships bogs not commissioned 🤣