Port Glasgow......Situated on the West Coast of Scotland approximately 20 miles from Glasgow.

The Bay of Newark stretched from the point of land on which the castle sits to the projection further down that used to hold the West Quay. The Bay reached up to what is now Bay Street and Fore Street.

So Port Glasgow has a long tradition with the building of ships and the import of goods.These imports consisted of mainly brandy, salt, wine and timber.

Thanks to the Ford of Dunbuck nothing very large could get up the river, this led to the town becoming of major importance to the merchants in Glasgow.

The village of Newark and town of Newport was at first a little collection of no more than a handull of little houses, fishing was good and the orchhards were many. The little white washed houses on the coast line set the scene for a quaint little fishing village. With the step braes and the rushing of the burns and waterfalls from the hills above.

Now the scene is set and the River Clyde introduced, on this river a work force of local people were to build some of the best boats in the world and people would admire their work wherever they went. To be' Clyde Built' was truly an advantage for any ship!

© Carol McG 2000-2007 all rights reserved, all trademarks hereby acknowledged. The photographs in this site have not to be shared or otherwise used without permission!
Please do not submitt them to any other site for display

This page last modified on Saturday, January 20, 2007