Port Glasgow

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Port Glasgow is a town in Inverclyde, Scotland, historically known as a significant shipbuilding and maritime center on the River Clyde.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Port Glasgow canonical 17
Port of Greenock 2
Bay Yard, Port Glasgow 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf human settlement
town
country Scotland
United Kingdom
developedAs outport for Glasgow
distanceToGlasgow about 20 miles
governingBody Inverclyde Council
hasDialingCode 01475
hasEconomicActivity marine engineering (historical)
ship repair (historical)
hasEducationalInstitution Port Glasgow High School
hasHarbour Port Glasgow harbour (historic)
hasLandmark Coronation Park
Newark Castle
Port Glasgow Town Hall
Port Glasgow dry docks (historic)
Port Glasgow sculpture "Shipbuilders of Port Glasgow"
hasNeighbouringSettlement Gourock
Greenock
Kilmacolm
Langbank
hasNotableIndustry shipbuilding
timber trade (historical)
hasPopulation approximately 15000
hasPostcodeArea PA
hasRailwayStation Port Glasgow railway station
Woodhall railway station
hasReligiousBuilding St Andrew’s Church, Port Glasgow
St John’s Church, Port Glasgow
hasSportsClub Port Glasgow F.C.
Port Glasgow Juniors F.C.
historicalCounty Renfrewshire NERFINISHED
historicalFunction maritime trading port
shipbuilding centre
locatedEastOf Greenock
locatedIn Inverclyde
West Central Lowlands of Scotland
locatedInCouncilArea Inverclyde Council
locatedInRegion Clyde waterfront
locatedInTimeZone Greenwich Mean Time
locatedOnRailwayLine Inverclyde Line
locatedOnRiver River Clyde
locatedOnTransportRoute A8 road NERFINISHED
locatedWestOf Glasgow
partOf Inverclyde council area
representedInParliament Inverclyde UK Parliament constituency
representedInScottishParliament Greenock and Inverclyde constituency
usesDaylightSavingTimeZone British Summer Time

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Referenced by (21)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Greenock locatedNear Port Glasgow
A8 road passesNear Port Glasgow
Gourock near Port Glasgow
Peter Dodds McCormick birthPlace Port Glasgow
Firth of Clyde hasPort Port of Greenock
linked to: Port Glasgow
Firth of Clyde hasPort Port Glasgow
Inverclyde containsSettlement Port Glasgow
Inverclyde containsPort Port of Greenock
linked to: Port Glasgow
Tall Ship Glenlee builder Bay Yard, Port Glasgow
linked to: Port Glasgow
Clyde estuary hasPort Port of Glasgow
linked to: Port Glasgow
Clyde estuary hasPort Port Glasgow
Clyde estuary nearbyTown Port Glasgow
Inverclyde Line serves Port Glasgow
Langbank hasPostTown Port Glasgow
Langbank hasNearbyTown Port Glasgow