The East Esplanade
Introduction
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The East Esplanade
Image: © Lairich Rig Taken: 17 Sep 2010
(Also referred to as the Eastbay Esplanade.) A noticeboard beside the nearby Image says that the land forming Helensburgh's East Esplanade was reclaimed from the sea by infilling, carried out from 1883-88, and that the work, partially funded by Sir James Colquhoun of Luss, cost £3200. The background is a view in the direction of the town centre. The road between the grassy area and the buildings on the right is East Clyde Street. Many of the streets and roads in Helensburgh that run parallel to the shoreline are divided into East and West sections; Sinclair Street, running inland from the shore, forms the dividing line: Image See also Image, which is a view in the opposite direction; the flywheel mentioned above can be seen in the distance in that photograph, and from nearby in Image
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Image Location
Latitude
56.00148
Longitude
-4.725988