Shipbuilding test facility (Dumbarton)
The Dumbarton Shipbuilding Test Facility is a former research facility with a current and wave channel in the marine engineering area in the Scottish town of Dumbarton in the council area of West Dunbartonshire . In 1976 the building was included in the Scottish List of Monuments in the highest category A.
history
The Leven shipyard William Denny and Brothers was founded in Dumbarton in 1857. Between 1882 and 1883 the wave channel was added as the first commercial facility of its kind. The work initiated E. R. Mumford with support from the architect William Froude , who already has a similar facility in the English Torquay had built, and the engineer J. McQuorn Rankine . After a fire in 1924, the facility was restored and expanded by around 16 meters. Allegedly today it is the oldest surviving wave channel in the world. Today the facility is part of a shipbuilding museum.
description
The facility is located in the south of Dumbarton not far from the Clyde Bank . The masonry of the elongated building consists essentially of brick . On the right there is a wide portal with a segment arch through which the building is entered. Two simple blind pillars flank the area. The wave channel, cast from concrete, takes up a large part of the inner surface. It ends with a brick ribbon. The surrounding walkways rest on steel girders and are covered with teak . The rails of the slide run between the pool and the path. In the south, the extension added in the 1920s, in which the wave generator is located, connects. The building ends with a slate-covered gable roof with numerous skylights , which, however, does not correspond to the original condition. A modern administration building is adjacent to the right, which is not protected as a historical monument.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
- ↑ Entry on shipbuilding test facility in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
- ↑ Information about the museum
Web links
- Information about the museum
- Entry on Shipbuilding Test Facility in Canmore, Historic Environment Scotland database
Coordinates: 55 ° 56'35.1 " N , 4 ° 33'45.8" W.