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14 unusual facts about Whiteinch


Barclay Curle

In 1876, the company moved their yard down the river to Whiteinch.

Carron Company

In the 1960s, it produced cast-iron rings to line the Tyne Tunnel under the River Tyne from Jarrow to Howdon and the Clyde Tunnel under the River Clyde from Whiteinch to Govan near Glasgow.

Dugald Campbell Patterson

He attended the Glasgow common school, and worked as a ship joiner at Barclay Curle & Company (founded in 1818) in Whiteinch, Scotland.

George Bogle of Daldowie

Robert died in 1734 and the George Bogle of this article took possession of Daldowie (and also lands at Whiteinch ).

History of Partick

Further west along the River Clyde, Barclay Curle's shipyard opened in 1855, precipitating the rapid development of the Whiteinch area.

HMAS Mary Cam

She was launched in 1918 by Ritchie, Graham & Milne, Whiteinch at Glasgow as Joule.

Renfrew Ferry

The Erskine, Whiteinch, Partick, Govan and Finnieston ferries have all stopped providing the services as bridges and tunnels replaced them, but the Renfrew Ferry, being at a point where both tunnelling and bridging are difficult, has survived.

Scottish Gypsy and Traveller groups

Housing an estimated 80% of all showfamilies Glasgow is believed to have the largest concentration of Showmen funfair quarters in Europe, centred mostly in Shettleston, Whiteinch and Carntyne.

SS City of Johannesburg

She was built by Barclay, Curle & Co, of Whiteinch, Glasgow for Ellerman Lines Ltd, of London in 1920, originally being named SS Melford Hall.

Victoria Park, Glasgow

Victoria Park is set in western Glasgow, adjacent to the districts of Scotstoun, Whiteinch, Jordanhill and Broomhill.

Watty Keay

Keay was born in Whiteinch, Scotland and played as a youth for various local sides before starting his professional career at nearby Partick Thistle.

Whiteinch Railway

The railway opened in 1874 along with Stobcross Railway and was built to service a shipyard & sawmill at Whiteinch.

Whiteinch Riverside railway station

Whiteinch Riverside railway station served the Whiteinch area of the city of Glasgow.

Whiteinch Victoria Park railway station

Whiteinch Victoria Park railway station was a suburban railway station serving Whiteinch in Glasgow, Scotland.


Barclay Curle

In 1913, the North British Diesel Engine Works was built at the company's Clydeholm Shipyard in Whiteinch, a seminal modernist building that was influenced by Peter Behrens' AEG turbine factory in Berlin and continues to stand today.

Whiteinch Victoria Park railway station

It was opened as a goods station known as Whiteinch in 1874 as part of the newly constructed Whiteinch Railway.