This Is My Glasgow · @thisismyglasgow
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This evening's sunset on the Clyde in Glasgow. A great end to a great day spent at the Clydebuilt Festival at the Riverside Museum.

#tallship #thetallship #glasgowatnight #clydebuiltfestival #clydebuilt #glasgowsunset #riversidemuseum #sunset #glasgow

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This Is My Glasgow · @thisismyglasgow
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Carving of HMS Agamemnon on a Clydebank tenement at 421 Dumbarton Road.

Built by William Beardmore and Company at the Dalmuir Naval Construction Works, HMS Agamemnon was the largest warship built on the Clyde at the time it was launched in 1906.


#dalmuir #riverclyde #ship #tenements #hmsagamemnon #publicart #sculpture #clydebuilt #clydebank #glasgow

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This Is My Glasgow · @thisismyglasgow
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The Barclay Curle Titan: Glasgow's other crane.

Built in 1920 by Sir William Arrol and Co for the Barclay Curle Shipyard in Whiteinch, this is an A-listed structure, but it seems little is being done to preserve it.


#clydebuilt #theclyde #glasgowhistory #listedbuildings #barclaycurletitan #barclaycurle #shipbuilding #cranes #buildingsatrisk #whiteinch #titancranes #glasgow

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This Is My Glasgow · @thisismyglasgow
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The statue of William Pearce and the Pearce Institute, which is named after him, at Govan Cross in Glasgow.

Built in 1906 to a design by Rowand Anderson, the Pearce Institute was gifted to the working people of Govan by Lady Pearce in memory of her late husband who ran the nearby Fairfield Shipyard and turned it into one of the most advanved in the world.


#williampearce #glasgowshipbuilding #clydebuilt #shipbuilding #glasgowhistory #architecture #buildings #glasgowbuildings #govan #glasgow

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