Battery Park
Introduction
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Battery Park
Image: © Thomas Nugent Taken: 12 May 2018
The marquees and barriers are in preparation for the Gourock Highland Games (the first games of the season in Scotland) which will be held the following day. The slipway at the top left was used by flying boats during WWII, when the park was home to RAF Greenock. It was a flying boat maintenance unit, transferred away from Calshot to a more "safe" area in 1940. Much of the work performed there was equipping standard flying boats with essential RAF equipment.
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Image Location
Latitude
55.958261
Longitude
-4.797455