Glasgow from the Sailor's Home, 1880

Glasgow from the Sailor's Home, 1880. Five bridges are visible spanning the Clyde and they are, from nearest the viewer the Caledonian Railway Bridge (completed 1879), Thomas Telford's Glasgow Bridge (1836), the Suspension Bridge (1853), Victoria Bridge (1854) and the City of Glasgow Union Railway Bridge (1870). The stepped steeple on the left is the Merchant's Steeple (1659) and on the right is the tall steeple of Gorbals Parish Church (1810)

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