Yoker Shipyard
Location type
WorksName and dates
Yoker Shipyard (1877-1906)Served by the Glasgow, Yoker and Clydebank Railway.
Description
In 1877 Napier, Shanks & Bell opened the Yoker Old Shipyard. In 1898 the company was reformed as Napier & Miller Ltd. Amongst other vessels, the works built PS Neptune and PS Mercury in 1892 for the Glasgow and South Western Railway. It closed in 1906 to make way for the Rothesay Dock, with the company relocating to a new works Old Kilpatrick Shipyard.
The yard was served by a branch from the Glasgow, Yoker and Clydebank Railway and, after its opening, the Lanarkshire and Dumbartonshire Railway. The latter siding passed under its line and crossed the Yoker Burn at the same location. This was at an oblique and although the bridge has been removed the abutments remain.
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Shipyard shipbuildersAliases
East Barns of Clyde Shipyard03/09/2022
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