The Erskine Bridge across the Clyde as seen from Boden Boo Beach at today's low tide.
I always love it when the tide is right to do the morning dog walk along here.
#glasgow #bridges #erskine #bodenboobeach #seascape #theclyde #clydeestuary #erskinebridge #beaches #beachphotography #scottishlandscape #scottishbeaches
nostr:npub1ug8yq5ccfa64v3p6axqw8f94qxlznep53l22vjuecpd3629cqjhsgnytkq nostr:npub1vucaxpxepnwxg58f0utzwaqnpqtpykf6zz56n7atfefnr3lzqxrq6px8cc There's a whole area of "under our feet" #ScottishHistory that gets so little attention, for example, the pre-centralisation local provision of electrical supply (which also kept the financial benefit local), this hydraulic service, all the way to provisions like the cabled Glasgow schools TV in the late 60s/ early 70s.
nostr:npub1uea7tkeg5s86a8g7x2vfusdjhqxc44sw370qksr7ftcj2h8hg3kqn27jm3 nostr:npub1vucaxpxepnwxg58f0utzwaqnpqtpykf6zz56n7atfefnr3lzqxrq6px8cc Yes, this is something I'm planning on covering at some point soon, especially the streey furniture which shows Glasgow developed and ran all its own utilities (water, gas, electicity, phones) for the benefit of its own people rather than for overseas share holders. It was the perfect circular economy which gave the old Glasgow Corporation the income to do amazing things for the city which we can now only dream about.
nostr:npub1vucaxpxepnwxg58f0utzwaqnpqtpykf6zz56n7atfefnr3lzqxrq6px8cc nostr:npub1ug8yq5ccfa64v3p6axqw8f94qxlznep53l22vjuecpd3629cqjhsgnytkq Scottish Councils seem to have treated local government reorg in the 1970s as an opportunity to dump many records in a skip! But perhaps Glasgow will have taken more care and retained Glasgow Corporation's records.
nostr:npub1uea7tkeg5s86a8g7x2vfusdjhqxc44sw370qksr7ftcj2h8hg3kqn27jm3 nostr:npub1vucaxpxepnwxg58f0utzwaqnpqtpykf6zz56n7atfefnr3lzqxrq6px8cc I did wonder about that. Given the system stopped operating in the 1960s, they may well have dumped all the records in the council changes in 1975. I'm still hoping someone somewhere will have a definitive answer.
nostr:npub1ug8yq5ccfa64v3p6axqw8f94qxlznep53l22vjuecpd3629cqjhsgnytkq: surely the best source would be the city council.
nostr:npub1vucaxpxepnwxg58f0utzwaqnpqtpykf6zz56n7atfefnr3lzqxrq6px8cc It was a private system rather than a public one, but I guess the council should have an idea of what runs under the streets. Not too sure how I'd access the information, though, but I'll certainly give them a go. 👍🙂
The water was pressurised in a pumping station at 321 High Street and supplied through thirty miles of pipes below the city's streets.
Glasgow was one of the few cities to have such a high pressure hydraulic system and it operated from the 1890s until 1964.
Can anyone confirm if this is correct? Or provide another explanation?
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I've come across a few of these HOP access covers on the streets of Glasgow recently, and I've been struggling to find out what they were for.
My best guess is that they're part of an old hydraulic system which supplied high pressure (HP?) water for running lifts, presses and other machinery.
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Some amazing quality Art Deco enamelling from the foyer of the Scottish Legal Life Assurance Society building on Bothwell Street in Glasgow.
#glasgow #enamelling
#colours #design #architecture #glasgowbuildings #glasgowarchitecture #interiorsdesign
I'll be doing a walking tour for the New Glasgow Society on the 19th of August. It will focus on Glasgow's amazing architectural sculptures and highlight some of my favourite ones from Glasgow's city centre. You can book tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/men-myths-and-monsters-tour-with-this-is-my-glasgow-ngs-tickets-692544959617
#glasgow #architecture
The stunning Clyde Navigation Trust building on the Broomielaw in Glasgow. It was designed by J.J. Burnet in a Beaux Art style and was built in two phases, one in the 1880s and the other in the 1900s. The sculptures which adorn it are by Albert Hodge.
#glasgow #glasgowbuildings #glasgowarchitecture #architecture #broomielaw #clydenavigationtrust
nostr:npub1ug8yq5ccfa64v3p6axqw8f94qxlznep53l22vjuecpd3629cqjhsgnytkq you should also give her book a go if you haven't. I reckon you'll love it
nostr:npub10vlwjr25z5d03p623caahzxgjtj70auwtwdc2lu4vrxfd0dsdt7slpmy27 That looks excellent, and very interesting. I'll definitely need to get myself a copy.