Synopses & Reviews
This engineering achievement, which involved dredging the Clyde and building the great docks and quays that still line the river today, is one of the significant stories of the Industrial Revolution. The book begins in prehistoric times, when crude wood-cut canoes mark mankind's first attempt to sail on, and tame the waters of the Clyde and continues through the development of Port Glasgow and the period of steam dredging. During the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the Clyde, which runs from central Scotland through Glasgow and Greenock, was the most important shipbuilding river in the world.
This book was originally published as Clyde Navigation. This is the first paperback edition.
Description
Includes bibliographical references (p. [379]380)-and index.