Govan Collection

Govan Ironworks, Glasgow
Charging a blast furnace at Govan Iron Works in Glasgow

Design, Govan, near Glasgow, Scotland. 1905

Advert, Mackie & Thomson, Shipbuilders, Govan, Glasgow
Advert for Mackie & Thomson, Shipbuilders, Govan, Glasgow, Scotland. 1905

A young Scottish girl taken out for a ride on a pony. Date: 1915

HMS Forward - Forward-class Scout Cruiser
Royal Navy - HMS Forward, a Forward-class Scout Cruiser. Forward was built by Fairfield???s S.B. & E. at Govan, in 1904. The ship was in reserve for most of the first decade of her existence

Ancient church of St Govan, Pembrokeshire, South Wales
Tucked in a recess, partway down the cliff at Castlemartin, is the ancient church of St Govan, Pembrokeshire, South Wales. Date: circa 1910s

Advert, Lawson & Co, Timber Merchants, Govan, Glasgow
Advert for Lawson & Co, Timber Merchants and Sawmillers, Park Saw Mills, Albion Street, Govan, Glasgow, Scotland. 1905

Advert, Hamilton, Marr & Co, Timber Merchants, Glasgow
Advert for Hamilton, Marr & Co, Timber Merchants, Govan Saw Mills, Govan, Glasgow, Scotland. 1905

Advert, Dunsmuir & Jackson, Shipbuilders, Govan
Advert for Dunsmuir & Jackson Limited, Shipbuilders and Boilermakers, Govan, Scotland. 1905

Advert, D Brown & Co, Copper Works, Govan, Scotland
Advert for D Brown & Co, Phoenix Copper Works, Govan, Scotland. 1905

Adverts, Lees, Anderson & Co, Lawson & Co, Scotland
Adverts for Lees, Anderson & Co, Engineers, Boilermakers and Shipbuilders, Govan, and Lawson & Co, building contractors, merchants, etc, Park Saw Mills, Govan, Glasgow, Scotland. 1905

Adverts, Dunsmuir & Jackson, Stewart & McDonald
Adverts for Dunsmuir & Jackson, Marine Engine Makers, Govan Engine Works, Glasgow, and Stewart & McDonald, Wholesale Warehousemen and Manufacturers, Glasgow, Scotland. 1905

Advert, Rowat & Co, Manufacturers, Govan, Glasgow
Advert for Rowat & Co, Manufacturers of Pickles and Sauces, Govan, Glasgow, Scotland. 1905

Advert, Lees, Anderson & Co, Govan, Scotland
Advert for Lees, Anderson & Co, Engineers, Boilermakers and Shipbuilders, Fairley Street, Govan, Scotland. 1905

Stack Rocks
The Stack Rocks, St. Govans Head, Pembrokeshire, South Wales. These two masses of isolated limestone are surviving fragments of the original cliff line. Date: BC

St. Govans Chapel
St Govans Chapel, the remarkable building nestling in between the rocks on St. Govans Head, where St. Govan the hermit lived, Pembrokeshire, Wales. Date: 6th century

Wales / St. Govans Head
The rugged coast at St. Govans Head, Pembrokeshire, Wales, with Stack Rock in the foreground. Date: 1930s

Persia Launched
Steamship launched at the Robert Napier & Sons shipyard at Govan, Glasgow. At the time she is the largest steamship afloat and wins the Blue Riband in 1856. Date: 3 July 1855

The Crimean Tartar Saloon, SY Livadia, 1880
Engraving of the Crimean Tartar Saloon on Czar Alexander IIs steam yacht Livadia, built at John Elders shipyard, Govan, in 1880

The Imperial Saloon, SY Livadia, 1880
Engraving of the Imperial Saloon on Czar Alexander IIs steam yacht Livadia, built at John Elders shipyard, Govan, in 1880

The Czars Bedroom, SY Livadia, 1880
Engraving of Czar Alexander IIs bedroom on his steam yacht Livadia, built at John Elders shipyard, Govan, in 1880. Extremely lavishly fitted out, this yacht was given a radical design

SY Livadia, 1880
Engraving of Czar Alexander IIs steam yacht Livadia, built at John Elders shipyard, Govan, in 1880. This yacht was given a radical design, supposedly based on the shape of a turbot

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