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It's just sitting there, home to spiders and assorted shrubs, with nary a signpost to clue you in as to its history.

A cursory swatch at Google failed to turn up any info (though the hull is quite visible from space.) Does anyone know what this ship was called, or how she ended up in this condition?

Hi PJ
I'm sure I read somewhere that it was a horse drawn coal barge that served the distillery across the road.
There was also a lot of traffic on the canal during WW2 moving armaments from the production plants in the West to the ports on the River Forth for shipment and many barges were used in this role.

It shows up nicely half submerged in this early Sputnik Satellite pic before it was relocated to it's present position on the canal bank



Bow



Hole in the hull



These days wild brambles are it's only Cargo

Pgcc93 wrote:It shows up nicely half submerged in this early Sputnik Satellite pic

!!

That's absolutely astounding. Wow.

Pgcc93 wrote:These days wild brambles are it's only Cargo

Heh, not quite.



It's also been searched pretty thoroughly by Strathclyde Police for drugs and explosives, which is partly my fault, but that may be a tale for another day.

Thanks for the info!

Pgcc93 wrote:It shows up nicely half submerged in this early Sputnik Satellite pic before it was relocated to it's present position on the canal bank

Pgcc, great photo. Are there more Sputnik photos of the Glasgow area on-line?

Tim

excellent photos and excellent find. Might go up for a nosey when the waether gets better.

Nice stuff folks.

The place is not even manicured these days

The previous graffiti has gone, Shane & Sherry rule. And why not?