West Harbour [Greenock]
Location type
SidingsNames and dates
Greenock HarbourWest Harbour [Greenock]
Note: text in square brackets is added for clarity and was not part of the location's name.
Opened on the Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock Railway.
| Nearby stations Greenock Cathcart Street [1st] Greenock Central Greenock (Lynedoch) Greenock West Upper Greenock Greenock Princes Pier [1st] Greenock Princes Pier [2nd] Whinhill Drumfrochar Cartsdyke Fort Matilda Bogston Branchton Ravenscraig Gourock | Lamont^s Dock Westburn East Shipyard Wellpark Tunnel East India Harbour Westburn West Shipyard Greenock Goods Greenock Albert Harbour [Dock] Greenock Gas Works Victoria Harbour Anne Street Tunnel Rue End Shipyards Tourist/other Greenock Customs House Custom House Quay [Greenock] Greenock Chapel Street Coal Depot Dellingburn Street Coal Depot |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Chronology Dates
| / /1711 | John Scott & Sons Greenock company starts to build herring buses (vessels which take large loads of fish to market). First real Clyde shipyard. The site was probably Westburn East Shipyard just west of Greenock Harbour. The company was to become the oldest ship building company in the world. |
Books
 Caley to the Coast: Rothesay by Wemyss Bay (Oakwood Library of Railway History) |
