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Pointhouse Shipbuilding Yard, 250 Ferry Road, 1964.

This yard was founded in 1862 by the marine engineering firm A & J Inglis. The building seen here was built from 1864-5 and was iron-framed and timber-clad. It housed the yard’s woodworkers, with the ‘mould loft’ on the top floor, where the full-sized plans of the hulls were laid out. The brick building to the right was the paint store. These buildings were destroyed by fire in 1965 during its demolition.
Photo: John R Hume. Regular 35mm camera, digital print
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End of the Line Photographs of Glasgow's Industrial Past by John R Hume
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  1. Introduction
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  2. The Regent Flour Mills, Bunhouse Road, Kelvingrove, 1967.
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  3. The United Cooperative Baking Society’s bakery, 12 McNeil Street, Moffat Street frontage, 1967.
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  4. The Cranstonhill Bakery, 38-42 Cranston Street, Anderston, 1967.
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  5. The South Sawmillfield Cotton Mill, 6-12 Burns Street, Port Dundas, 1965.
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  6. The Saracen Foundry, 73 Hawthorn Street, Possilpark, 1965.
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  7. The Gorbals Grain Mills, 87-97 Surrey Street, Gorbals, 1966.
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  8. Townsends’ Chemical Works, 31-33 Townsend Street, Port Dundas, 1967.
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  9. The Anderston Cotton Work, 93 Cheapside Street, Anderston, 1966.
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  10. Monumental Sculptors’ Works, 60 Cathedral Street, Townhead, 1967.
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  11. Pointhouse Shipbuilding Yard, 250 Ferry Road, 1964.
  12. Reed and Heddle Factory, 105-111 John Street, City Centre, 1973.
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  13. The Clyde Foundry, 184 Helen Street, Govan, 1967.
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  14. Parkhead Forge, G Shop, East Wellington Street, Parkhead, 1967.
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  15. Concluding Remarks
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