Dumbarton

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Confluence of the River Leven and the River Clyde

Dumbarton Bridge was originally built over the River Leven in 1765 and was widened in 1884 before being reconstructed in 1934 when the Balustrade was added. Quoted from the Love Loch Lomond website .

The Lanarkshire and Dumbartonshire Railway was a railway company in Scotland. It was promoted independently but supported by the Caledonian Railway, and it was designed to connect Balloch (on Loch Lomond) and Dumbarton with central Glasgow, linking in heavy industry on the north bank of the River Clyde. From Dumbarton to Balloch the line would have closely duplicated an existing railway, and negotiation led to the latter being made jointly operated, and the L&DR terminated immediately east of Dumbarton, trains continuing on the joint section. Quoted from Wikipedia .

"Both Wallace and Bruce, the great heroes of the Scottish War of Independence, were associated with Dumbarton and district. Our information about Wallace, however, is drawn mainly from folk tradition, much of it incorporated in Blind Harry's poem, written almost two centuries after Wallace's time. Blind Harry gives an account of Wallace and his men burning the houses in Dumbarton occupied by English soldiers and afterwards seeking shelter in the Dumbarton Cave before passing on to the Gareloch. Dumbarton Cave was presumably the place now called Wallace's Cave at Havock, formerly known as the Havock Hole..." (Dr I. M. M. MacPhail) Sourced from the Geograph website .

River Leven, Dumbarton

A beautiful, open park offering many play areas for children, making the Dumbarton-based Levengrove an ideal day out for the entire family. Stretching all the way to the shores of the Clyde, the park overlooks the nearby Dumbarton Rock and its resident Iron Age castle. Quoted from the Visit Scotland website .

The boatyard shown here was where four of the RMS Titanic 's lifeboats were built: the Englehardt collapsible lifeboats A, B, C and D. Lifeboat C was the one that rescued Joseph Bruce Ismay, the President of the White Star Line.

Ode to Leven Water On Leven's banks, while free to rove, And tune the rural pipe to love, I envied not the happiest swain That ever trod the Arcadian plain. (Tobias Smollett)

The internal organs of Robert the Bruce were buried in a parish church close to the manor house where he died and not with his body more than 50 miles away, a historian claims. The king's organs are said to have been interred in the chapel of St Serf's Old Parish Church in Dumbarton although his body was laid to rest at Dunfermline Abbey. Quoted from the Daily Telegraph. St Serf's before Refurbisment

Dumbarton Football Club is a semi-professional football club in Dumbarton, Scotland. Founded in 1872, just after Queen's Park (1867), Kilmarnock (1869) and Stranraer (1870), they play home games at the Dumbarton Football Stadium next to Dumbarton Castle. Quoted from Wikipedia .

Fujifilm XT 1 camera with Samyang 8mm f/2.8 Fisheye lens. Dumbarton Castle has the longest recorded history of any stronghold in Scotland. It overlooks the Scottish town of Dumbarton, and sits on a plug of volcanic basalt known as Dumbarton Rock which is 240 feet (73 m) high. Quoted from Wikipedia .

The boatyard shown here was where four of the RMS Titanic 's lifeboats were built: the Englehardt collapsible lifeboats A, B, C and D. Lifeboat C was the one that rescued Joseph Bruce Ismay, the President of the White Star Line.

River Leven, Dumbarton

Messrs Robert Napier and Sons was a famous firm of Clyde shipbuilders and marine engineers at Govan, Glasgow founded by Robert Napier in 1826. It was moved to Govan for more space in 1841. His sons James and John were taken into partnership in 1853. Quoted from Wikipedia .

Several hundred eggs are laid on the outside of the female's empty cocoon, usually attached to a host plant or something close by (e.g. fence, wall). The species overwinters in the egg stage. Each brownish egg is rounded, somewhat flattened top and bottom. A small darker depression is seen in the upperside. Quoted from Wikipedia .

Dumbarton

Levengrove Park, Dumbarton