It's been estimated that 30,000 locomotives produced in Springburn were transported through the city in this manner, first with teams of Clydesdale horses, then steam engines and finally diesel-powered ones.
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I love this sculpture of a steam locomotive over the door of James Miller's 1903 North British Locomotive Company offices in the Springburn area of Glasgow. I particularly like the detail of the blocks and chains on either side, which were used to haul the completed locomotives through the streets of Glasgow and load them onto ships using the Finnieston Crane so they could be exported all over the world.
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It's been estimated that 30,000 locomotives produced in Springburn were transported through the city in this manner, first with teams of Clydesdale horses, then steam engines and finally diesel-powered ones.
#glasgow #springburn
#train #architecture #sculpture #architecturephotography #glasgowhistory
575 years ago today Glasgow University was founded by Pope Nicholas V in a letter (known as a Papal Bull) dated 7th of January 1451. Sent at the request of King James II, this letter William Turnbull, the Bishop of Glasgow permission to add a university to the city's Cathedral. This makes it the fourth oldest university in the UK and the second oldest in Scotland, after St Andrew's University, from where Bishop Turnbull had graduated around 1420.
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575 years ago today Glasgow University was founded by Pope Nicholas V in a letter (known as a Papal Bull) dated 7th of January 1451. Sent at the request of King James II, this letter William Turnbull, the Bishop of Glasgow permission to add a university to the city's Cathedral. This makes it the fourth oldest university in the UK and the second oldest in Scotland, after St Andrew's University, from where Bishop Turnbull had graduated around 1420.
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Love this junction box mural in the Govan area of Glasgow celebrating the life of the Glaswegian suffragette, rent strike organiser, activist and politician Helen Crawfurd (1877 to 1954). It was created by Protests and Suffragettes in association with Impact Arts Craft Cafe and was commissioned by Yardworks.
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Love this junction box mural in the Govan area of Glasgow celebrating the life of the Glaswegian suffragette, rent strike organiser, activist and politician Helen Crawfurd (1877 to 1954). It was created by Protests and Suffragettes in association with Impact Arts Craft Cafe and was commissioned by Yardworks.
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