tarboat's photos with the keyword: glasgow

The classic police box as designed by Metropolitan Police surveyor and architect, Gilbert MacKenzie Trench, in 1929. These are increasingly rare these days and to find one still in use is even rarer. This example stands on London Road just outside Glasgow city centre but I don't think it has been at this location for very long.

Looking down from the Lighthouse in the former Glasgow Herald Building in Glasgow.

I spotted this narrow street whilst walking in central Glasgow. The Braithwaite water tank on top of the end building is a bonus.

Bell's Bridge is a pedestrian bridge spanning the River Clyde in Glasgow, Scotland. Constructed in 1988 to coincide with the Glasgow Garden Festival, it allowed pedestrians to cross from the main exhibition site to the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre on the other side of the river. The northern stub of the bridge is supported only by the quay, whereas the majority of the bridge consists of a cable-stayed span which can rotate through 90 degrees, providing two lanes of passage for river traffic either side. It is named for the Bell's & Sons whisky company, who sponsored its construction. The bridge was designed by Sir William Arrol & Co. and constructed by John Young and Company (Kelvinhaugh) Ltd.

Multiple trains approaching Glasgow Central station during the evening rush.

This distillery was founded in 1927 by Seager Evans and Co. with the first spirit produced in 1928. The company was acquired by Schenley Industries of New York in 1956, who invested heavily in the site, including the addition of a Single malt whisky branded Kinclaith, which started producing in 1958. The Kinclaith still was closed in 1975 after the site was acquired by Whitbread. Today the distillery is part of the Pernod Ricard group. The water required for the production comes from Loch Katrine.

The Doulton Fountain in Glasgow is a terracotta masterpiece. Designed by Arthur Edward Pearce for Doulton to commemorate Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee in 1887, it became Doulton's main display piece for the 1888 International Exhibition in Kelvingrove Park, Glasgow. It now stands at Glasgow Green close to the People's Palace. The sculpture of this partcular allegorical group representing Australia was modelled by Frederick W Pomeroy. Extensive restoration work on the fountain in recent times was undertaken by the craftsmen at Hathern Terra Cotta in Leicestershire.

I thought it was going to be easy to identify the brickworks from which this came. Unfortunately there were two separate works separated by the Forth and Clyde Canal to the north of Glasgow, just west of Maryhill. Garscube Brickworks was east of Dawsholm Park, whilst Garscube Brick & Tile Works was at Netherton. The British Clayworker' Nov 1894, has a notice that Mark Hurll of 'Garscube & Knightswood' Brickworks has added a plant manufacturing Staffordshire metallic bricks, & is transporting by rail. This would be the Netherton works. I went to find this image because Mangrove Rat wanted details of a brick marked GAR..... I don't think this is an example of the broken one in question.