Tour Scotland photographs and videos from my tours of Scotland. Photography and videography, both old and new, from beautiful Scotland, Scottish castles, seascapes, rivers, islands, landscapes, standing stones, lochs and glens.
Old Photograph James Watt Dock Scotland
Old photograph of the James Watt Dock in Greenock by Glasgow, Scotland. The James Watt Dock was Greenock's answer to Queen's Dock in Glasgow. It was intended accommodate the largest vessels using the River Clyde. It was also to be the only true wet dock on the river. The scheme was approved by the Greenock Harbour Trust in June 1878; the foundation stone was laid in August 1881 and the dock was opened in August 1886. Its cost had risen from an estimated £208,000 to over £850,000 on completion. Trade to did not readily move to the dock, which remained consistently underused. It caused considerable embarrassment to the Greenock Harbour Trust, and was to be the last new work at Greenock for nearly 80 years.
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