Video: inside Glasgow’s derelict graving docks

They were once powerhouse of the world’s biggest shipbuilding hub but now stand derelict and rusting next to the encroaching sheet silver and glass structures thathave characterised the regeneration of Glasgow’s waterfront.

Demolition works began in 2003 however many of the original structures remain and were captured by

Paul Lees who set out to document the site in video.

Over the past 20 years the Glasgow Graving Docks have grown increasing out of place

in an area which was revitalised by the Glasgow Garden festival in 1988.

During the past ten years though the area has been thoroughly revamped.

Next to the desolate Govan docks glisten media offices and luxury penthouse

apartments.

The docks were built between 1869 & 1875 BY Clyde Navigation Trust to specialise in

the repairing the underside of the large vessels which thronged the Clyde during its

shipbuilding heyday.

The site has lain derelict since it was abandoned in 1988, and time has taken its toll with many of the buildings vandalised and burnt out.

The site has been earmarked for redevelopment with residential and commercial properties planned.