The dock was closed in the 1970s, but it was then re-used as part of the Glasgow Garden Festival site in 1988, which stimulated the regeneration of much of it. However, this section remains unutilised.

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The former Govan Town Hall rising above part of the former Prince's Dock on the southern side of the Clyde in Glasgow.

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Such hydraulic power stations provided a centralised power source on many industrial sites in the days before electricity became widely available.

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In the foregound is the accumulator tower into which water was pumped and held under pressure to provide power to the dock's various cranes, lifts and other equipment.

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The Romanesque style former Prince's Dock hydraulic power station on the south side of the Clyde in Glasgow. Designed by Burnet, Son and Campbell, it was built in 1894 for the Clyde Navigation Trust.

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It was closed in the 1970s and most of it was filled in in the 1980s, when it was used for the 1988 Glasgow Garden Festival. This remnant stands beside what is now called Pacific Quay, which is occupied by the Glasgow Science Centre.

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The Glasgow Tower reflected in the still waters of a remnant of the Princes Dock. Completed in 1897, this dock once contained 35 acres of water space, making it the largest on the upper Clyde.

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Abstract goodness along Princes Dock, Liverpool.

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