West Burn Culvert [Shipyard] Outfall

Waterfront Cinema, Greenock, Renfrewshire.

NGR:	NS 27960 76513
WGS84:	55.95075, -4.75686
Length:	Not recorded
Vert. Range:	Not recorded
Altitude:	Not recorded
Geology:	Not recorded
Tags:	Tunnel, ManMade, Lost
Registry:	second

Historical outfall from culverted section of West Burn in former shipyard site now acces roads and carpark for the Waterfront Cinema and the Water front Leisure Complex. the original outfall was probably incorporated into a longer culvert between 1890 and 1912. It may have been destroyed c. 1997 when the Waterfront complex was built.

Alternative Names: None recorded.

Notes: When slipways were constructed prior to World War II the original outfall disappears.

Hydrographic Feeds: West Burn

Hydrographic Resurgences: West Burn

Links and Resources:

25" OS map, Renfrewshire II.6 (Greenock), 1857. maps.nls.uk/view/74964553.
25" OS map, Renfrewshire II.6, 1896. maps.nls.uk/view/82900242.
25" OS map, Renfrewshire II.6, 1912. maps.nls.uk/view/82900245.

This entry was last updated: 2025-05-27 18:38:25

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