Greenock from Dougliehill

Image: © Thomas Nugent Taken: Unknown

A scanned photograph, taken around 1986. Much has changed since then... The large twin roofed shed to the left of the Titan crane was Scott's shipyard; MacDonalds, Misco, a T-Mobile Call Centre and the RBS Mortgage Centre now stand there. To the left of Scott's, the large red brick building was John G Kincaid's marine engine works where they made engines bigger than a house. The "Wee Dublin End" terracing at Morton's Cappielow Park can be seen just below Kincaid's. There are two old school buildings in the right foreground, the nearest (Ladyburn Primary) is now part of Riverside Business Park, the one immediately behind it was St Mungo's RC Primary, now demolished. All of the sheds in the centre are also gone, replaced by the Waterfront Leisure Centre. Greenock Container Terminal (now Greenock Ocean Terminal) with its distinctive cranes is to the right. The Glasgow to Gourock railway line and the James Watt Dock line to its right can also be seen. Strone Point and Strone Hill are prominent in the distance, across the Firth of Clyde.

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