Govan Shipyard
Location type
WorksNames and dates
Fairfield Shipyard (1834-1972)Govan Shipyard (1972-)
Served by the Fairfield Shipyard Railway.
Description
1834 - 1968, Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company
1968 - 1971, Upper Clyde Shipbuilders
1972 - 1977, Govan Shipbuilders
1977 - 1988, British Shipbuilders
1988 - 1999, Kværner
1999 - present, BAE
The shipyard was served by rail from the Govan terminus which then used the street tramway along Govan Road to reach the shipyard. The shipyard had its own locomotives, including two electric using overhead wires along Govan Road. One may have been built and used here before being going to be used at Pinkston Power Station in 1939.
The ^Titan^ crane here was by William Arrol & Co. Demolished 2007.
Fairfield Govan Heritage
Tags
Ship YardExternal links
Canmore site recordNLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914
NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
NLS Map
11/03/2021
| Nearby stations Partick West Govan [Subway] Whiteinch Riverside Merkland Street [Subway] Govan Partick Partickhill Partick [Subway] Crow Road Yorkhill Kelvin Hall Hyndland Power Box Kelvinhall [Subway] Ibrox Excursion Platforms Hyndland | Meadowside Quay Meadowside Granary Merklands Quay Partick West Junction Partick East Junction Merklands Lairage Partick North Junction Meadowside Shipbuilding Yard Water Row Ship Yard Govan Tube Works Govan Shipyard [2nd] Govan Ship Yard [1st] Partickhill Goods [NBR] Tourist/other Elder Park Govan Old Parish Church |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Dates
| / /1876 | Govan Branch (Glasgow and Paisley Joint Railway) Access to Govan Shipyard and Linthouse Shipyard over the Vale of Clyde Tramways using locomotives approved - if approved by Board of Trade (approved). |
