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Bowling and the Kilpatrick Hills
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Bowling and the Kilpatrick Hills, showing the Carboniferous lava flows. Scanned from a transparency taken by David Palmar.
19 September 2007
G62 Lang Dyke, Longhaugh 1976
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Lang Dyke, Firth of Clyde upstream of Dumbarton. The dyke was built to contain much of the water within a relatively narrow channel, and increase the scouring effect of the river and tidal currents, to help maintain a suitable depth for shipping. Buoys mark out the navigable channel. Scanned from a transparency taken by David Palmar.
19 September 2007
Milton and the volcanic plug of Dumbuck, West Dunbartonshire
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The Carboniferous volcanic plug of Dumbuck, West Dunbartonshire in 1987, partially quarried away. Scanned from a transparency taken by David Palmar.
19 September 2007
Dumbarton with Dumbarton Rock and the Firth of Clyde
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Dumbarton with Dumbarton Rock, the mouth of the River Leven and Firth of Clyde, probably in the 1970s. Scanned from a transparency taken by David Palmar.
19 September 2007
The mouth of the River Leven from Dumbarton Rock
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The mouth of the River Leven from Dumbarton Rock, showing Sandpoint - the original site of the William Denny shipyard on the west bank of the river, before it expanded to the east side below Dumbarton Rock. The red building is Ballantine's whisky distillery, demolished in 2017. Scanned from a transparency taken by David Palmar.
19 September 2007
Ardmore - Old Red Sandstone conglomerate
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Ardmore looking across the Firth of Clyde to Helensburgh with Old Red Sandstone conglomerate of Devonian age. The most recent work attributes these rocks to the Upper Red Sandstone age. Scanned from a transparency taken by David Palmar.
19 September 2007
Ardmore - Old Red Sandstone conglomerate
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Ardmore - Old Red Sandstone conglomerate of Devonian age. The most recent work attributes these rocks to the Upper Red Sandstone age. Scanned from a transparency taken by David Palmar.
19 September 2007
Oil rig building in Port Glasgow about 1985
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Oil rig building in Port Glasgow about 1985. Scanned from a transparency taken by David Palmar.
19 September 2007
Oil rig Ocean Alliance, Greenock
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The oil rig Ocean Alliance being built for Britoil at Trafalgar House, Greenock. Scanned from a transparency taken by David Palmar.
19 September 2007
Container ship Atlantic Conveyor in Port Glasgow in 1987
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Container ship Atlantic Conveyor being lengthened at the Ferguson shipyard in Port Glasgow in 1987. This ship replaced the older one sunk in the 1982 Falklands War. She was broken up in India in 2017. Scanned from a transparency taken by David Palmar.
