From Princes Dock to Pacific Quay

This album shows the transformation of the area on the south bank of the River Clyde in Glasgow from a busy international dock area through a period of dereliction to a temporary Festival area in the summer of 1988 then to media and leisure area in the early years of the 21st Century.

The Cessnock Dock, later renamed Prince's Dock, was completed in September 1897 . It consisted of three parallel dock basins leading off a large canting basin. Two-storey transit sheds were built along all of the quay walls except the south quay which was set aside as a minerals handling quay. A part of the west quay was intended as a fitting out area and provided with a heavy lift steam crane similar to the one installed at Finnieston Quay in 1893. The Dock was also used for access to the large Govan Drydock No 3<br />
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Work on construction of the two-storey transit sheds can be seen at this link:<br />
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<a href="http://www.mitchelllibrary.org/virtualmitchell/image.php?i=13537&r=2&t=4&x=1">http://www.mitchelllibrary.org/virtualmitchell/image.php?i=13537&r=2&t=4&x=1</a>

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The Cessnock Dock, later renamed Prince's Dock, was completed in September 1897 . It consisted of three parallel dock basins leading off a large canting basin. Two-storey transit sheds were built along all of the quay walls except the south quay which was set aside as a minerals handling quay. A part of the west quay was intended as a fitting out area and provided with a heavy lift steam crane similar to the one installed at Finnieston Quay in 1893. The Dock was also used for access to the large Govan Drydock No 3

Work on construction of the two-storey transit sheds can be seen at this link:

http://www.mitchelllibrary.org/virtualmitchell/image.php?i=13537&r=2&t=4&x=1

quay princes dock final proposal