The hull of a diving bell barge at Newshot Island on the Clyde near Erskine. Built in 1852, it's one of two such vessels built to help deepen the Clyde so large ships could travel right into the heart of the city.
The diving bell was lowered to the seabed via a cut-out the stern, allowing workers to dig out areas which were too hard to be cleared by steam dredgers. Abandoned at Newshot Island at the start of the 20th Century, it's the oldest surviving diving bell vessel in the world.
Some of you may already know our spectacular 1:50 scale model of the Queen Mary 2 set on a diorama of the Dock 17 of the Hamburger Blohm + Voss shipyard built completely of #lego. This week we took some snapshots of her details for a plan we have for the diorama. We will give the news in about two months, but we guess you wouldn’t mind us sharing some of the pictures right now. #maritime#museum#hamburg#ship#cruise