Port Glasgow is situated approximately 20 miles from the city of Glasgow, Scotland, and was originally a fishing hamlet named Newark.
Port Glasgow came about as a result of large ships being unable to navigate the shallow and meandering River Clyde to the centre of the city of Glasgow. As a result, it was formed as a remote port for Glasgow in 1668, and became known as 'New Port Glasgow', which was shortened to 'Port Glasgow' in 1775. Port Glasgow was home to dry docks and shipbuilding beginning in 1762.
Ferguson Marine Limited is a shipbuilding company whose yard, located in Port Glasgow on the Firth of Clyde in Scotland, was established in 1903. It is the last remaining shipbuilder on the lower Clyde and is currently the only builder of merchant ships on the river.
Newark Castle is to be found on the southern shore of the River Clyde at Port Glasgow. It is a very well preserved tower house with the oldest part dating to the late 15th, but mostly from the 16th, century. It was probably built for the Maxwells and is the point at which the Clyde narrows and starts to become more tricky to navigate because of the sandbanks.
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