Westburn East Shipyard
| Nearby stations Greenock Cathcart Street [1st] Greenock Central Greenock Princes Pier [1st] Greenock Princes Pier [2nd] Greenock West Greenock (Lynedoch) Upper Greenock Drumfrochar Whinhill Cartsdyke Fort Matilda Branchton Bogston Ravenscraig Gourock | Westburn West Shipyard Greenock Albert Harbour [Dock] Greenock Gas Works West Harbour [Greenock] Albert Quay Greenock Container Port Kilblain Engine Works Bay of Quick Shipyard Wellpark Tunnel Anne Street Tunnel Lamont^s Dock Princes Pier Goods Tourist/other Greenock Customs House McLean Art Gallery Custom House Quay [Greenock] |
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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. |
| / /1863 | James T Caird Expands Westburn West Shipyard by buying a portion of John Scott & Sonss Westburn East Shipyard. |
| / /1872 | James T Caird Expands Westburn West Shipyard by buying all of John Scott & Sonss Westburn East Shipyard. |
| / /1916 | James T Caird Harland and Wolff buy a controlling interest in the company and plan to expand the combined Westburn West Shipyard and Westburn East Shipyard site. |
| / /1925 | James T Caird Harland and Wolff expand Westburn West Shipyard and Westburn East Shipyard by relocating the Old West Church and leasing and filling in much of West Harbour [Greenock]. |
| / /1928 | James T Caird Harland and Wolff closes the newly expanded combined Westburn West Shipyard and Westburn East Shipyard site. |
| / /1935 | James T Caird Westburn West Shipyard and Westburn East Shipyard are sold to National Shipbuilders Security Ltd. |
| / /1940 | James T Caird The former Westburn West Shipyard and Westburn East Shipyard sites become a seaplane base. |
