Some of Glasgow’s most notable modern landmarks face each other across the river here. The land they are built on is reclaimed dockyards. The SECC (1984) and Clyde Auditorium (Norman Foster, 2000) now stand on the site of Queen’s Dock where Glasgow companies traded an enormous variety of goods around the world. The north and south banks are now linked by Bell’s Bridge, the Millennium Bridge and the Clyde Arc.
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A pair of red brick, domed Rotundas mark a crossing by the Glasgow Harbour Tunnels
(1890-96) which carried horse-drawn and pedestrian
traffic between the Queen’s and Prince’s Docks.
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The Finnieston Crane was erected in 1931 especially to load huge locomotives onto ships.
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The Italianate Hydraulic Pumping Station (1877-78) powered a swing bridge over the dock entrance and cranes on the quay.
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The barque Glenlee is one of only five surviving Clydebuilt sailing vessels. She was launched in 1896 as a bulk cargo carrier.
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The Riverside Museum is due to open in 2011, providing an iconic home to Glasgow's important transport collection.
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