Hydraulic Pumping Station

Category: Historic Building

3. Hydraulic Pumping Station, Princes Dock.
The area between Govan Road and the River Clyde used to be a huge dock. Princes Dock was constructed in 1897, when Glasgow's shipping industries were flourishing. But shipbuilding on the Clyde did not survive in the 20th century. By 1988, Princes Dock had been filled in and became the site of the Garden Festival. This Pump Station, designed by architects Burnet, Son & Campbell in 1894, is a reminder of the old Dock, with carvings representing the winds which carried ships across the seas.