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Author	eenbiertje
Comment	Glasgow is widely known to have been a huge center for shipbuilding, but I don't think the scale of it is commonly appreciated, in terms of just how much Glasgow completely dominated shipbuilding in Britain from around the 1850s - 1920s. I can't find an original source to verify, but it's widely said that circa 20% of all shipping (by tonnage) launched worldwide in 1913, was Clyde-built. I do have these stats to hand though, from Peter Hall's 'Cities in Civilization' chapter on Glasgow: "In 1850-1 the Clyde built 84% of Britain's steamers and 76% of its iron-hulled ships. In this year, 89% of all steamships were engined on the Clyde."
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Created	Sat 20th Mar 2021 10:12am
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Glasgow is widely known to have been a huge center for shipbuilding, but I don't think the scale of it is commonly appreciated, in terms of just how much Glasgow completely dominated shipbuilding in Britain from around the 1850s - 1920s.

I can't find an original source to verify, but it's widely said that circa 20% of all shipping (by tonnage) launched worldwide in 1913, was Clyde-built.

I do have these stats to hand though, from Peter Hall's 'Cities in Civilization' chapter on Glasgow:

"In 1850-1 the Clyde built 84% of Britain's steamers and 76% of its iron-hulled ships. In this year, 89% of all steamships were engined on the Clyde."