TheGlasgow City Chambersis a large Victorian era building that dominates the east side of George Square. It has served as a government building for the city since 1889, currently as the headquarters of the Glasgow City Council. The building is worth seeing from the outside, but you can...
but the ride over the cobblestones was bumpy. The idea of running the carriage wheels in rails to achieve greater comfort was therefore very appealing. For trams to operate in Glasgow, the Town Council had to obtain permission from the Westminster Parliament...
looking upstream around 1870. While sailing ships still represented the bulk of traffic on the river, steamships were steadily growing in number and in the foreground are two David Hutcheson & Company (later David MacBrayne) steamers; the Chevalier (built 1866...