Basic Site Details Name: | Clyde Tunnel | Town, district or village: | Whiteinch-Linthouse | City or county: | Glasgow | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | | Grid ref: | | Notes: | | Building Type ClassificationThe building is classified under the following categories: | | Classification | Original classification? | Notes | | Tunnel | | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | July 1957 | 1962 | Build/construction | first tunnel - - cost £5,311,439 per Builder p878 | | 5 July 1957 | | Build/construction | 'The Clyde Tunnel was launched officially on June 26, when Lord Provost Andrew Hood, of Glasgow, cut a sod on the Linthouse side and declared the work begun. The contractors for this ₤6,400,000 four-and-a-half-year contract are Charles Brand and Son Ltd., of London'; this cost is for one tunnel, est. cost if second added later is ₤11,000,000; with approach roads 2/3 of a mile long (section under Clyde 900 yards); '29 ft. 6 in. wide and have a twin lane for vehicular traffic with arrangements for pedestrians and cyclists.' per Builder p44 | | 16 May 1958 | | Proposed | Highways Committee of Glasgow Corp. recommends escalators for pedestrian access to and egress from the tunnel ... est. cost £231,000 per Builder p927 | | 27 February 1959 | | Proposed | 'first tunnel...under construction for 20 months...due to be completed [in] 1961'; second tunnel proposed 'in order to ensure continuity of contract' per Builder p433 | | December 1959 | June 1963 | Build/construction | second tunnel - - work to start immediately and be completed by June 1963 per Builder p878 | | 11 December 1959 | | Scheme accepted | government approval for second tunnel between Linthouse and Whiteinch; cost £3,526,222 per Builder p878 | | 20 May 1960 | | Scheme accepted | Corporation granted approval for construction of first stages of £300,000 permanent road approaches at Linthouse per Builder p985 | | 17 June 1960 | | Proposed | £250,000 ventilation machinery for Clyde Tunnel; tender by James Howden Co Engineers, Glasgow to go before corporation per Builder p1168 | | 8 September 1961 | | Contract offered | £211,914 contract for the supply and installation of electrical plant awarded to James Scott and Co (Electrical Engineers) Ltd, Glasgow per Builder p463 | | 8 September 1961 | | Contract offered | £133,856 contract for construction of ventilation buildings awarded to Crowley Russell and Co, Ltd, Glasgow per Builder p463 | | 17 November 1961 | | Build/construction | new £9.7m estimate for construction of the twin tunnels under the Clyde now under construction; £1m more than original 1957 estimate per Builder p969 | | 3 January 1964 * | | | Highways and Housing Committees of Glasgow Corporation are to work together to tackle problems with approach roads - some houses may have to be demolished; alternative shopping property is to be erected for tenants dispossed; and other arrangements made | | 28 August 1964 * | | Scheme accepted | Warrant granted for permission to demolish 250 houses in Linthouse and Drumoyne district, for southern approach roads - c. £1.75m, work due to start Feb 1965 |
* earliest date known from documented sources.
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ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Williamson, Riches, Higgs | 1990 | Glasgow (The Buildings of Scotland) | | | p620 |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this building: | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | Architects Journal | 6 May 1964 | | | p1057 | | Builder | 12 June 1953 | | | p932 | | Builder | 5 July 1957 | | | p44 | | Builder | 1 November 1957 | | | 'The Clyde Tunnel' p785 | | Builder | 16 May 1958 | | | 'Clyde Tunnel Escalators' p886 | | Builder | 27 February 1959 | | | 'Second Tunnel Under Clyde?' p433 | | Builder | 11 December 1959 | | | 'Tunnel for Clyde' per Builder p878 | | Builder | 20 May 1960 | | | 'Clyde Road Scheme' p985 | | Builder | 17 June 1960 | | | p1168 | | Builder | 8 September 1961 | | | 'Tunnel Contracts Placed' p463 | | Builder | 17 November 1961 | | | p969 | | Builder | 3 January 1964 | | | p48 | | Builder | 28 August 1964 | | | p454 | | Building | 26 July 1968 | | | p154 | | Contract Journal | 15 March 1962 | | | | | Glasgow Chamber of Commerce Journal | November 1959 | | | 'Second Whiteinch Tunnel Approved', p345 | | Scottish Electrical Engineer | October 1963 | | | | | Surveyor and Municipal Engineer | 6 July 1963 | | | 'Clyde Tunnel Opened by Queen' pE853 | | Surveyor and Municipal Engineer | 20 March 1965 | | | |
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