What do you know about Whiteinch?
Whiteinch is a district to the north of the Clyde between Partick and Scotstoun.
It was part of the expanding city of Glasgow in 1912, and part of the Parish of Govan.
It was originally an island in the Clyde, called Whyt Inch, (inch being an island in Scots).
However, this was during the time when the Clyde flowed naturally as a shallow and wide river. When it was dredged and narrowed as a man-made enterprise to allow for shipbuilding, the island disappeared, but the name lived on in the area that now sat on the north bank of the river.
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THIS atmospheric and spooky image of the old Whiteinch ferry could have been lifted from a Hollywood film noire. You can almost hear clanking chains, ships' hooters and the far-off cry of stevedores. (continued)
