SPW056863 SCOTLAND (1938). Tower of Empire, 1938 Empire Exhibition, Bellahouston Park, Glasgow, under construction. An oblique aerial photograph taken facing north-west.
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Details
| Title | [SPW056863] Tower of Empire, 1938 Empire Exhibition, Bellahouston Park, Glasgow, under construction. An oblique aerial photograph taken facing north-west. |
| Reference | SPW056863 |
| Date | 1938 |
| Link | NRHE Collection item 1258228 |
| Place name | |
| Parish | GOVAN (CITY OF GLASGOW) |
| District | CITY OF GLASGOW |
| Country | SCOTLAND |
| Easting / Northing | 254800, 663900 |
| Longitude / Latitude | -4.3193963707703, 55.846445304895 |
| National Grid Reference | NS548639 |
Pins
 There is a man atop this ladder - amazing! |
Billiken |
Tuesday 30th of September 2014 11:56:50 PM |
| Yellow tram on the section of track opened on 6.2.1938 from Craigton Rd to a new terminus in Jura street known as Bellahouston, to serve the Exhibition. |
mannidaze |
Sunday 23rd of September 2012 05:17:27 PM |
| Jura Street |
McWhirter |
Monday 25th of June 2012 07:12:27 PM |
User Comment Contributions
A wonderful buildings that I'd never heard of before!! There are colour photos by a Reverend Allen restored on this site....http://www.empireexhibition1938.co.uk/html/01/gallery.html....see example below (verticals corrected in photoshop) |
longshot |
Saturday 21st of July 2012 02:23:06 PM |
I was born in 1945 within site of the tower, which my father told me was called Tait's Tower in memory of the designer. He also told me that, in the war it had to be dismantled due to it being used as a sighting by German bombers on the Govan shipyards. What an attraction it would be if, in the lead up to the Commonwealth Games it could be rebuilt as a tourist site. The view down the Clyde would be fantastic. |
McWhirter |
Monday 25th of June 2012 07:10:16 PM |