The 1909 Clyde plans show that Glasgow's capacity was distributed among several graving docks, basins, and private yards rather than concentrated in a single establishment. Barclay Curle and D. and W. Henderson appear as large shipbuilders embedded in that waterfront network. A second map carries the industrial chain farther up the river, reinforcing the scale of the system. The Admiralty marked cranes rated at 40, 60, 76, and 150 tons because heavy lifting capacity affected what work each berth could perform. The maps are inventories of usable engineering power as well as acres of water.
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The Clyde combined dispersed docks with heavy lifting power
Glasgow's plans reveal a river-wide industrial system of graving docks, private yards, basins, and cranes rated for major loads.