Fyfe Park Shipbreaking Yard
Location type
WorksName and dates
Fyfe Park Shipbreaking YardServed by the Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock Railway.
Description
This was the shipbreaking yard of Smith & Houston Ltd. The SS L'Atlantique was broken up here in 1936, PS Mountaineer in 1938, and former HMS Perseus in 1958. It was located on the eastern edge of Port Glasgow on the south bank of the River Clyde. The Castle Yard was immediately to the west and Port Glasgow Gas Works to the east. The site was rail served.
Spoil sidings were located on the north side of the Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock Railway at Fyfe Park, served from a loop on the north side of that line (Port Glasgow Junction to Castle Yard Ground Frame) and making a trailing connection. North of these sidings were laid in sidings for the shipbreaking yard.
Tags
Shipbreakers| Nearby stations Port Glasgow Upper Port Glasgow Woodhall Bogston Cardross Cartsdyke Whinhill Greenock Central Greenock (Lynedoch) Greenock Cathcart Street [1st] Kilmacolm Upper Greenock Langbank Greenock West Dalreoch | Port Glasgow Junction Castle Yard Castle Yard Ground Frame Port Glasgow Goods Port Glasgow Gas Works Newark Shipyard Gourock Rope Works [2nd] Bay Shipbuilding Yard Dock Shipbuilding Yard Port Glasgow Wet Dock Port Glasgow Harbour Port Glasgow East Dock Port Glasgow Graving Dock Port Glasgow West Dock Tourist/other Newark Castle [Port Glasgow] |
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Books
 Caley to the Coast: Rothesay by Wemyss Bay (Oakwood Library of Railway History) |
