The remains of a cast iron weigh station on Finnieston Quay in Glasgow.

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The former Govan Employment Exchange on the corner of Wardrop Street and McKechnie Street in Glasgow.

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A v-shaped weir on the River Kelvin in Glasgow. This was part of the Kelvindale Paper mill, which operated between the mid-1700s and the 1970s.

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The former pump room at the late 19th Century Govan Graving Docks in Glasgow. The pumps were housed below the building itself and were used to pump water out of the neighbouring Number 1 Dry Dock.

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Homage to Shipbuilding in Bellahouston Park in Glasgow. Installed in 2005, it was designed by Jimmy Cosgrove and constructed by Hector McGarva. It shows a shipyard worker on one side and his dog on the other.

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Only part of the inscription can be seen from this angle, but in whole it reads: Celebrate those who made the Clyde great.

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Just visible further upstream are the piers of an abandoned railway bridge and the 1790s Kelvin Aqueduct which carries the Forth and Clyde Canal across the Kelvin Valley.

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This weigh station appears on an OS map from the 1890s, indicating, it is potentially older than the nearby Finnieston Crane, although it may not be the same mechanism as was originally installed.

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