Old Photographs Of Jamaica Street Glasgow Scotland

Tour Scotland wee video of old photographs of Jamaica Street in Glasgow. Jamaica Street opened in 1763, which was around the time of the height of the rum and sugar trade between Glasgow and the West Indies. The plans for the street included a customs house and shipping office to help continue this trade. Many local merchants made their fortune by exploiting slave labour in the plantations of Jamaica and the West Indies. Glasgow Bridge, also known as Jamaica Street Bridge and previously as the Broomielaw Bridge, which spans the River Clyde, was designed by the Scottish civil engineer Thomas Telford and opened on 1st January, 1836.

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