Three Engineering Marvels

Centre.  The Crane.  Iconic engineering heritage.and architecture.

Left.  The SSE Hydro.  Iconic modern engineering 

Right.  Look closer, and you can see a small red brick Rotunda.  

I must have passed this Rotunda, and the corresponding one on the south bank, many times and never really noticed them.  Today I noticed the south one was being renovated, and asked my taxi driver what it used to be.  He explained it was the building that housed the lifts for a vehicle and pedestrian tunnel under the Clyde built 100 years ago.  A vehicle tunnel.  With a lift!

Sure enough, Wikipedia confirms it and Google finds some fascinating images.  What an amazing thing I never even knew about.  Sometimes I am ashamed of my ignorance.

I couldn't resist sharing this image and fact, even though I already blipped in the STV newsroom - we got a behind the scenes tour as part of an event where we also met their CEO.  Fascinating stuff.  I've blipped the newsroom as an extra.