Four Winds tower, Prince's Dock
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Four Winds tower, Prince's Dock
Image: © HelenK Taken: 28 Sep 2023
The Tower of the Winds in Athens has inspired many other octagonal structures, but mostly in stone like the original, rather than in brick as here. It was originally part of a hydraulic pumping station designed by Burnet, Son and Campbell and built in 1894 for the Clyde Navigation Trust https://canmore.org.uk/site/107759/glasgow-princes-dock-four-winds-hydraulic-power-station. It was once much taller than it is now, but remains a fine example, like Image, of applying some imagination to the design of this type of utilitarian structure. Adding Roman inspiration to Greek, the adjoining building has a Diocletian window in its end wall. Seen across the Govan Road.
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Image Location
Latitude
55.856527
Longitude
-4.28788