J.E Boehm's 1888 sculpture of John Elder in Elder Park in Govan. Beside him is a model of the compound inverted vertical steam engine he invented, which dramatically improved the efficiency of steam engines. As well as being renowned as an inventor, shipbuilder and engineer, Elder was also greatly respected for the way he treated his workers.
The SS Daphne Memorial in Elder Park in the Govan area of Glasgow. Erected in memory of the 124 people, many of whom were little more than boys, who died when the SS Daphne capsized during its launch on the 3rd of July 1883. Created by John McArthur, this is one of a pair of identical memorials. The other is in Victoria Park on the north side of the Clyde.
I love the carvings set into the pavement of Langlands Road in Govan. Created by the artist Kate Robinson, they're part of The Govan Timeline, a pictorial history of the local area. This is one of my favourites, featuring what I presume is the now-lost Fairfields Titan crane and the hull of a ship.
The derelict remnants of Fairfield Farm Cottage in Govan. The farm was purchased in Isabella Elder in the 1880s and turned into Elder Park for the people of Govan. The cottage, which dates from the early 19th Century, was originally used as an amenity for the park. One of the few former farm buildings left in Glasgow, it's B-Listed, but now lies abandoned, fenced off and decaying.
It's great to see the scaffolding is finally off the Elder Park Library in the Govan area of Glasgow, and apparently it's scheduled to soon re-open. Designed in an Edwardian Baroque style by J.J. Burnet, it was built in 1902 with funding from Isabella Elder. It was opened by the Scottish-American Steel Magnate Andrew Carnegie, who himself was no stranger to funding the construction of new libraries.
Details of the relief sculptures at the top of the 'Tower of the Winds' of the former Prince's Dock Hydraulic Pumping Station in Glasgow. Believe it or not, this isn't the only copy of this ancient Greek building in Glasgow. There'a another on the cupola the top of the old Athenaeum Theatre on Buchanan Street.
The octagonal chimney of the former Prince's Dock Hydraulic Pumping Station on the south bank of the Clyde in Glasgow. It's shape and the decorative freize around the top appear to be based on the Tower of the Winds in the Roman Agora in Athens, which dates back to at least 50 BC. The chimney was originally 172 feet tall, but was cut down to just 55 feet in 1927.
I love this rather wonderful creature which features on the fireplace in the boardroom of the former Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company on Govan Road in Glasgow. It's now home to the Fairfield Heritage Museum.
I love the little dragons hidden in the stonework inside Govan Old Parish Church (and there's one on the outside, too!). Designed by Rowand Anderson, it was built in the 1880s.
The office building of the former Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company in the Govan area of Glasgow. Built in 1899, it was designed by Honeyman and Keppie.
The Scots Baronial style Cardell Halls and Brechin's Bar on Govan Road in Glasgow. Built in 1894, it also features a feline sculpture clinging to the cornicing near the corner as a memorial to the Govan Cat.
A night safe in a former bank building in the Govan area of Glasgow. Night safes were introduced in the 1920s as a way to allow businesses to deposit cash outwith the typical banking hours, making them one of the first moves towards to providing 24 hour banking services we now take for granted.
The former Lyceum Cinema in the Govan area of Glasgow. Built in 1938 on the site of the 1898 Lyceum Music Hall, which burned down in 1937, it was designed by Charles McNair and Robert Elder in a Streamlined International Modern Art Deco style. With a seating capacity of 2,600 it's classified as a suburban super-cinema. Since 1981, it was exclusively used as a bingo hall, but this closes in 2006 and it now lies empty.
The former Galbraith Stores Bakery on Nimmo Drive in the Govan area of Glasgow. They were designed by Cook and Hamilton betweeb 1911 and 1927. It was from here Galbraith's suppied its many stores around Glasgow with baked goods.
The former Greenfield Public School on Nimmo Drive in the Govan area of Glasgow. Built in 1901, it was designed by Steele and Balfour. It closed in 2009 and now sadly lies empty, neglected and decaying. As a result, it was put on the Buildings at Risk Register in 2014.
The domes and finials of the former Govan Town Hall on the southside of Glasgow. Designed by Thomson and Sandilands in a Beaux Arts
Renaissance style, it was built between 1897 and 1902.
I love this Glasgow Style tenement the corner of Govan Road and Shaw Street in Glasgow. It was designed by Frank Burnet and Boston and was built in 1900. The corner turret with a balustrade around the uppermost floor topped by a conical roof is a common feature of Burnet and Boston's tenenents from this period of Glasgow's history.
I spotted this rather wonderful bit of stone carving above a close door on Govan Road in Glasgow. It's the only close in the block of tenements to have such an adornment.