Hidden Glasgow: exploring Glasgow's industrial heritage and history

DOOCOTS...updated: 18/12/2003
Doocots (dovecotes) are a common feature of Glasgow's wasteland area. What were once railway tracks or blocks of flats are now the sites for these unusual structures.

WATER TOWERS....updated 16/06/2003
These massive towers are landmarks around Glasgow.

GLASGOW SCIENCE CENTRE & TOWER
OK, not exactly a hidden gem...but given its troubles it may well be soon!

BUT...we do have a photo of Govan Dry Docks as seen from the top of the tower!!!

MEADOWSIDE GRANARY...updated: 22/10/2003
It once dominated the skyline on the Clyde at Meadowside Quay, making sure that the sun never shone on South Street. It was one of Europe's largest brick buildings. However, regeneration plans have dictated that this massive foreboding structure be demolished.

HAMPDEN PARK - "Scotland's Field of Dreams"
OK, Hampden may not quite need to be discovered, but it has went through some changes. A few years ago it was knocked down and rebuilt, featured are some photographs taken during the rebuilding.

MILITARY... updated 22/11/ 2003
This project features buildings and structures that were affected by or created during WW11. Including bunkers, gun emplacements, fuel depots, barracks, etc.

ZOOS & MENAGERIES...updated 18/10/2002
In the days before television people visited zoos and menageries to see exotic animals. Glasgow has had a number of these including Bostocks Scottish Zoo and Pickards Noah's Ark at the Panopticon in the Trongate.

GLASGOW GREEN ...updated 26/06/2003
One of the oldest and most historic parks in Scotland, Glasgow Green has been the site of many events. Ranging from Glasgow Fair, markets and circuses to public speeches and demonstrations.

ROTUNDAS...26/02/2004
There is always a fair bit of interest in the two round buildings facing each other across the Clyde. In no particular order is some gathered information about what they were built for.

GOVAN GRAVING DOCKS...08/01/2004
The three enormous Graving Docks at Govan on the South Side of the Clyde have lain unused for the last 15 years. Recent demolition work has seen what remained of the buildings being flattened to make way for redevelopment.

RAIL...updated 07/11/2003
Integral to the development of any successful city is a good transport network... Of course instead of developing and improving over the years the rail network has been neglected.

WINSTON BARRACKS 25/06/2003
Located about two kilometers to the east of Lanark, Winston Barracks, although disused is still in remarkably good condition and is an excellent example of a British battalion sized location.

ST PETERS SEMINARY - CARDROSS COLLEGE 26/02/2004
The massive concrete husk of St Peters Seminary can be discovered being slowly consumed by vegetation, weather and the local young teams in the woods behind Cardross Village.

GLASGOW DISTRICT HOSPITALS 26/02/2004
The Victorians built them and in the last 10 years they have been phased out and closed down. Now lying abandonded to the elements and the will of the ever vigilant property developers, Glasgows Asylums no longer hold patients.

THE GREAT EASTERN 17/03/2004
The Great Eastern Hotel on Duke Street is one of Glasgow's best known landmarks. It was previously known as Alexander's Mill and was built originally as a cotton spinning mill.