SPW045889 SCOTLAND (1934). Prince's Dock, Glasgow. An oblique aerial photograph taken facing north.

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Details

Title [SPW045889] Prince's Dock, Glasgow. An oblique aerial photograph taken facing north.
Reference SPW045889
Date 1934
Link Canmore Collection item 1257732
Place name
Parish GOVAN (CITY OF GLASGOW)
District CITY OF GLASGOW
Country SCOTLAND
Easting / Northing 256625, 665084
Longitude / Latitude -4.2908961251016, 55.85762195725
National Grid Reference NS566651

Pins

D and W Henderson's Meadowside shipyard and dry dock (previously established at this location by Tod and McGregor) seen here completing their last orders before closing as a shipbuilding yard the following year: one of these in this photo is likely their final ship "Inventor" for Harrison's launched 3 July 1935. The yard was closed as part of the shipbuilders' National Shipbuilders Security (NSS) attempt to reduce capacity during the Great Depression. NSS placed restrictive covenants on any return to shipbuilding at this Partick site until the1970s. It was to re-open briefly during the Second World War where a large number of landing craft for the D-Day invasion where constructed. The ship repair side of the operation continued operating the Meadowside dry dock until 1963.

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