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River Clyde Glasgow

The Cunard shipping line was founded in Glasgow and the liners Queen Mary, Queen Elizabeth, QE2 and the Royal Yacht Britannia were all built on the River Clyde at Clydebank.
Geenock-born James Watt invented the separate condenser after a walk along the river on Glasgow Green in 1765, an invention which made the steam engine economically viable.
The Waverley, the world's last ocean-going paddle steamer was built in 1947 by A & J Inglis on the River Clyde in Glasgow. It remains on the Clyde today, where countless passengers continue to enjoy a trip ‘doon the watter’.
Billy Connolly, the comedian and actor, was born in Partick in Glasgow in 1942 and worked in a Clyde shipyard before taking to the stage.
The Clyde tunnel took seven years to build. Work began in July 1957 and the first tunnel opened in July 1963. It is 21 feet below the river surface and approximately seven football pitches long.
It is not known when the River Clyde was first navigated, but steamboat traffic began with the launch in 1812, of the Comet, which ran between Glasgow and Greenock.
Construction of the Kingston Bridge over the Clyde started in 1967. It was opened in 1970 and today more than 150,000 vehicles cross the bridge daily.