This one was made by A. and W. Smith, which was founded in Paisley on 1836, and later operated out of the Eglinton Engine Works in Tradeston, meaning it may well have been made relatively locally.
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Installed in 1889, it was originally at the entrance to the Harbour Workshop. It even still has the stone tramways on either side of it to make it easier for horse-drawn vehicles to travel over the surrounding setts.
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I love the fact this weigh station has been left in place in the new park at the Govan Graving Docks in Glasgow.
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It's recently been cleaned up and is part of the new park created on the site, allowing visitors to explore it.
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This would originally have contained the boiler, accumulator and pump used to pump water out of what was the largest and deepest dry dock in the UK at the time it was constructed in the early 1870s.
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The original pumphouse and sluice houses for Number 1 Dock of the former Govan Graving Docks on the Clyde in Glasgow.
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Love the new public space which has been created at the historic Govan Graving Docks in Glasgow. For me, it has just the right mix of old and new to maintain its links with the past while still giving it a modern feel.
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Good morning, Glasgow. This was today's stunning sunrise over the Govan Graving Dock Number 3. When it was opened in the 1890s, it was one of the largest dry docks in the world.
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