Cessnock Dock News Today

THE project to make Glasgow and the Clyde began with various schemes to deepen the river.

Have you ever wondered what a one-hour trip along Glasgow’s famous River Clyde would be like?

IT IS a famous saying - the Clyde made Glasgow and Glasgow made the Clyde ... The success of the River Clyde in the 17th and 18th centuries was down to the citys location facing the Americas. Merchants began to make commercial links and Glasgow became the international centre for the tobacco trade. However, the shallow Clyde was not navigable for the largest ocean-going ships and in 1662, Glasgow Council purchased land and built harbours where there was deeper water, at what would become ...