Barclay, Curle & Co

Introduction

This was a Clyde shipbuilder. The company owned the Clydeholm Shipbuilding Yard in Whiteinch, having relocated there from the Stobcross Shipyard.



The site was served by sidings from the Whiteinch Tramway and the Clydeside Tramway.



Dates

  /  /1883North British Steam Packet Company
PS Meg Merrilies [II] built by Barclay, Curle & Co. Did not perform well enough and returned to the builder.
  /  /1884North British Steam Packet Company
PS Jeanie Deans [I] built by Barclay, Curle & Co as a replacement for the unsuccessful PS Meg Merrilies [II].
  /  /1885North British Steam Packet Company
PS Diana Vernon built in 1885 by Barclay, Curle & Co in 1888 for the North British Steam Packet Company.
  /  /1893PS Meg Merrilies [II]
Re-boilered by Barclay, Curle & Co.
  /  /1974Yarrow Shipbuilders Ltd
Yarrow Shipbuilders Ltd buys the Elderslie Dockyard from Barclay, Curle & Co.

Locations along the line

These locations are along the line.



This was Barclay, Curle & Co's Clydeholm Shipyard, which also owned the North British Engine Works.
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Clydeside Tramway


This was the engine works for Barclay Curle's Clydeholm Shipbuilding Yard.
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Whiteinch Tramway
Clydeside Tramway




This set of three docks is located in Govan. The docks are out of use, closing around 1987/8. This was a ship examination and repair facility built for the Clyde Navigation Trust.
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One of the Govan drydocks, dock number 3. Still in use at the time. View looking north west from alongside the pumphouse (left, creating the shadow). ...
Ewan Crawford //1987
From the bottom of one of the Govan Drydocks. Dock number 2, looking west. ...
Ewan Crawford //1987
Govan Drydocks - now derelict but then still in use. Entrance to dock number 1 looking north to the former Queens Dock entrance and its pumphouse. ...
Ewan Crawford //1987
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