SPW052995 SCOTLAND (1937). John Brown's Shipyard, Clydebank, Queen Elizabeth under construction. An oblique aerial photograph taken facing north. This image has been produced from a print.

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Details

Title [SPW052995] John Brown's Shipyard, Clydebank, Queen Elizabeth under construction. An oblique aerial photograph taken facing north. This image has been produced from a print.
Reference SPW052995
Date 1937
Link Canmore Collection item 1315596
Place name
Parish OLD KILPATRICK (CLYDEBANK)
District CLYDEBANK
Country SCOTLAND
Easting / Northing 249780, 669440
Longitude / Latitude -4.402577560072, 55.8946468655
National Grid Reference NS498694

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The Singer Sewing Machine Factory clock, the world's largest four faced clock that stood 226ft high with a 26ft-wide clock face (5 feet larger than Big Ben) with 13 foot ‘Singer’ signs above each clock face it became symbolic of the global importance of a plant that would weave itself into the very fabric of life in the town on the outskirts of Glasgow. First illuminated in 1907 it lit up the night's sky which was visible at a distance of up to six miles, for 79 years it was used by locals to keep time prior to it being stopped by the push of a button from Provost F. Downie of Clydebank on Friday, March 15, 1963.

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