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A £1m contract to repair the 90-year-old TSS Queen Mary has been awarded to Marine Projects Scotland. On Friday, the vessel was moved from its current berth at Glasgow Science Centre to Govan Graving Docks “ the first to be berthed at the facility in almost 40 years.
(Permalink) Govan Graving Docks TSS Queen Mary TSS Queen Mary II William Denny & Bros Ltd  Dunoon Pier: TS Queen Mary II at Dunoon in September 1955.  Princes Dock: Queen Mary (II) back in Glasgow. Compare and contrast with the image from 1963 at Rothesay see image [[55116]]. She's just a shell. (I have made the funnels buff, their true colour -Â when I took t ... |
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The Govan Graving Docks, which featured in Sam Mendes film 1917, have lain empty for 40 years.
(Permalink) Govan Graving Docks  Govan Graving Docks: 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). |
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