This wooden pier is all that is left of Lamont Shipbuilders of Port Glasgow, Scotland. James Lamont & Co Shipbuilders and Repairers in Greenock was founded in 1870 and operated from Dock Breast Greenock. The company bought the Castle Works near to Newark Castle Port Glasgow and started building ships there from around 1946 but closed in 1980. At one time there were parallel piers but only this one survives today. A campaign was launched a few years ago to preserve the pier as it starts the Clyde Coastal Walkway from Newark Castle C/park.

A panoramic view looking out over the River Clyde with some of the historical structures from past to present.

“Newark Castle” built around 1478 by George Maxwell when he inherited the Barony of Finlaystone, the castle is now the property of “Historic Scotland” and open to the general public.

Then behind the castle sporting the tall crane is “Ferguson’s Shipyard” founded in 1903, it is now the last remaining shipbuilder on the lower River Clyde. The MV Glen Sannox is currently under construction and due to go into service in 2022.

The wooden “Lamont’s Pier” stretching out into the river on the right is all that remains of what used to be James Lamont & Co, Ship Builders and Repairers. Truly at one time a lot was going on in this small coastal town of Port Glasgow on the River Clyde.