Re: The Clyde ferries
Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 9:22 pm
HH, I know that the first two pictures are related to the Govan "horse-ferry". The first one shows one land-derrick (on the quay). There were of course two of these derricks and this is shown on the second picture. The derricks, as was mentioned on an earlier post, were used to raise and lower the vehicle-deck in accordance with the Clyde's tidal-height variations. I must mention that the palings (fencing), visible on both the first two pictures are as much a symbol of Glasgow as the city's coat-of-arms! I'd guess Glasgow Corporation have been using this kind of fencing for well over a century!
I'm not sure what the third picture is HH. Is looks of xourse like the remnants of a dock, a quay, but I can't recall a quay being here. There was of course the old Govan landing dock but that wasn't as close to the Govan Ferry docking bay, as it appears here. The Govan dock was about midway between the Govan Ferry and the Whiteinch Ferry.
Intersting pictures
I'm not sure what the third picture is HH. Is looks of xourse like the remnants of a dock, a quay, but I can't recall a quay being here. There was of course the old Govan landing dock but that wasn't as close to the Govan Ferry docking bay, as it appears here. The Govan dock was about midway between the Govan Ferry and the Whiteinch Ferry.
Intersting pictures