Within just a few years, this part of the Clyde went from being shallow enough to wade across at low tide to being seven feet deep.

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Due to the distances involved, dredging the channel wasn't a feasible option in the 1770s, so instead John Golborne designed and constructed a massive, 800 yard long, retaining wall to narrow the main channel.

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This meant ships could finally sail into the city itself and be unloaded on the Broomielaw rather than twenty miles to the west in Port Glasgow (after which goods needed to be transported to and from the city by cart).

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"Scotland's ' #Chernobyl' housing scheme [ #ClunePark #PortGlasgow ] takes starring role in new horror film:

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My great Grandfather George Ritchie, 1884-1952, Port Glasgow to Boston, MA, arrived in 1909. He worked as a boilermaker at the U S Navy yard then installing Frigidaire refrigerators. #PortGlasgow #BostonMA #Genealogy