Basic Site Details

Name: Graving Dock, Great Harbour, Greenock
Town, district or village: Greenock
City or county: Renfrewshire
Country: Scotland
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Alternative Names

The following alternative names are associated with this building/design:
 NameCurrent name?Notes
Item 1 of 1Clyde Graving Dock  

Building Type Classification

The building is classified under the following categories:
 ClassificationOriginal classification?Notes
Item 1 of 1Dock  

Street Addresses

The following street addresses are associated with this building:
 AddressMain entrance?Notes
Item 1 of 1Great Harbour  

Events

The following date-based events are associated with this building:
 FromToEvent typeNotes
Item 1 of 83 October 1958 Proposed'Greenock Harbour Trust is engaged on plans for a £6 million graving dock' per Builder p591
Item 2 of 8January 1960 Proposedtenders to be invited early in 1960; plans to start work by fall 1960; treasury to provide 2/3 of the cost, Clyde shipbuilding and engineering firms to provide other 1/3 per Builder p368
Item 3 of 83 June 1960 Proposed1,000 ft long dock with tanker cleaning and repair wharves; setback to plans, as £3m Treasury loan not yet successful; backed by 8 shipbuilding and marine engineering firms and other steel and engineering interests per Builder p1072
Item 4 of 821 October 1960 ProposedFirth of Clyde Dry Dock Co has announced that construction of graving dock, ship repair centre and tanker cleaning installations at Great Harbour at an est. cost of £4.25 mil. (with £2.85 from the Government) will begin in three months' time and be completed by 1964; 'tenders will be issued shortly' per Builder p765
Item 5 of 817 February 1961 Proposedsite investigation consisting of 37 70 ft deep boreholes, 22 of which are being bored from floating craft - being carried out by the soil mechanics section of The Cementation Co Ltd
Item 6 of 812 May 1961 Contract offeredthirteen firms have been invited to tender for construction of the ₤4 1/2m 1,000 foot long and 150 ft wide Greenock Graving Dock p927
Item 7 of 821 July 1961 Contract offeredEdmund Nuttal Sons awarded £2 1/4m civil engineering contract per Builder p140
Item 8 of 8August 19611964Build/construction 

People

Design and Construction

The following individuals or organisations have carried out design/construction work. Where architects or practices worked together, matching letters appear beside their names in the Partnership Group column.
 NameRolePartnership GroupFromToNotes
Item 1 of 3Babtie, Shaw & Morton  17 January 1961 joint engineering consultants for project along with T F Burns & Partners per Builder p340
Item 2 of 3T F Burns and Partners  17 February 1961 joint engineering consultants for project along with Babtie, Shaw & Morton per Builder p340
Item 3 of 3Edmund Nuttal Sons & Co (London) Ltd  21 July 1961 civil engineer

Clients

The following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design:
 NameNotes
Item 1 of 2Firth of Clyde Dry Dock Company Limited 
Item 2 of 2Greenock Harbour Trust 

References

Periodical References

The following periodicals contain references to this building:
 Periodical NameDateEditionPublisherNotes
Item 1 of 7Builder3 October 1958  'Two Contracts for the Clyde' p591
Item 2 of 7Builder2 October 1959  '£4 1/2m. for Clyde Dock' p368
Item 3 of 7Builder3 June 1960  'Setback to Dock Plans' p1072
Item 4 of 7Builder21 October 1960  'Greenock Dock Construction' p765
Item 5 of 7Builder17 February 1961  'Site Investigation at Greenock' p340
Item 6 of 7Builder12 May 1961  'New Greenock Graving Dock' p927
Item 7 of 7Builder21 July 1961  p140