Glasgow Harbour

A pictorial history of Glasgow Harbour – the greatest port in Scotland and one of the largest in Britain – from its beginnings to the present day. ''"Glasgow Harbour" by Graeme Smith and Mike McCreery is a fabulous book that should be considered essential reading for anyone living in, or coming from, or with any interest in Scotland''s largest city. Go out and buy a copy: you won''t be disappointed!'' ''It''s an excellent overview and will be appreciated by anyone with ties to Glasgow or a broader interest in ports and maritime history.'' ''Glasgow Harbour also takes time to explore the city’s continuing maritime role – still constructing ships for the Royal Navy and serving as a hub for ship management. It’s an insightful look at how the harbour has shaped Glasgow and continues to influence the city’s identity today.''

Glasgow Harbour, the port and shipbuilding centre along the River Clyde from Glasgow Green to the River Kelvin and beyond to Clydebank, became the greatest seaport in Scotland and one of the largest in Britain. Through a mixture of striking illustrations, this book recounts the early history, development, pioneering inventions and importance nationally and internationally of Glasgow Harbour, as well as its regeneration today. From the seventeenth century Glasgow became one of the major hubs of trade across the Atlantic and to the rest of the world. In the eighteenth century Glasgow adopted new methods to deepen and engineer the River Clyde to make it more useful and the largest and most advanced docks were to be built, with some 12 miles of busy quayside lining the river. By the nineteenth century Glasgow was also the world-leading shipbuilding centre, including such famous names as Fairfield, John Brown, Beardmore, Barclay Curle, Stephen and Connell. Later Yarrow and Harland & Wolff joined the ranks of shipbuilders, and at its peak over seventy shipping lines operated from the city. Although heavy industry in Glasgow Harbour has shrunk, today much of the waterfront is being regenerated.

Graeme Smith and Mike McCreery tell the fascinating story of Glasgow Harbour from its early days to the present – how ‘Glasgow made the Clyde, and the Clyde made Glasgow’.

• | Author: Graeme Smith, Mike McCreery
• | Publisher: Amberley Publishing
• | Publication Date: Apr 15, 2025
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• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-13: 9781398122376
• | ISBN-10: 1398122378