1986

NS3174 : The Glen Yard

taken 38 years ago, near to Port Glasgow, Inverclyde, Scotland

This is 1 of 2 images, with title The Glen Yard in this square
The Glen Yard
The Glen Yard
Taken from Dougliehill Terrace, this scanned image from around 1986 shows the Goliath gantry crane by Arrol which straddled the slipway. The vessel under construction is the semi-submersible drilling platform Ocean Alliance, which I believe was the last vessel to be built there.

The tall, red, cranelike structures to the left were the hydraulic lifting system that was used to jack the heli-deck into its final position. This work was carried out by workers from Sweden who were employed by a Swedish engineering company.

See the same scene at night here NS3174 : The Glen Yard.

The scene is unrecognisable today NS3174 : Former Kingston shipyard is a photo of the same area (slightly west), but from a different viewpoint, taken in 2008.
Site of Scott Lithgow's Glen and Kingston shipyards

Scott Lithgow's Glen and Kingston yards stood between Anderson Street and the Greenock boundary.

The east end of the vast site is occupied by a Tesco superstore. The west end (west of the realigned A8 dual carriageway) is now a housing estate which is still being developed at the time of writing in September 2013.

The central part of the site, east and west of the Glen Burn, has been in a brownfield state for many years, but is now being developed, with a B & Q store and a drive-through Costa Coffee currently under construction. This construction work required temporary realignment of the Glen Burn.

At the time of writing, one of the main Glen Yard gateways and a section of the perimeter wall still stand at Belhaven Street (which is now an overgrown cul-de-sac), although the gate is a wire mesh construction and not the original bright red solid design that I recall from the 70s and 80s. A few bricked-up "clocking-in" gates also survive. A fading hand-written sign showing the way to "Scotts" can also be seen.


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NS3174, 865 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Thomas Nugent   (more nearby)
Date Taken
January 1986   (more nearby)
Submitted
Sunday, 6 December, 2009
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NS 316 747 [100m precision]
WGS84: 55:56.1851N 4:41.8052W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NS 320 738
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North-northwest (about 337 degrees)
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