Sir Thomas Price Model
Model of Sir Thomas Price, 1925 Lobnitz and Company T.1961.28.a
The Sir Thomas Price was a dredger used in South Africa. Using a chain of buckets, she scooped sand, clay and mud from East London’s harbour.
Comment by Adam Archibald
I wonder what impact not dredging the Clyde has had over the last couple of decades. Would it be physically possible for a ship like the QE2 to be brought up the river today?
From: Adam Archibald
Comment by Anna Byron
I photographed the Sospan Dau dredging the lower Clyde last summer. Dredging’s certainly not a thing of the past!
From: Anna Byron
Questions by Glasgow Museums
What’s the most unusual thing you’ve seen floating in the Clyde? Do you fancy swimming in there?
Eyewitness from The Scotsman, December 1928
They [Lobnitz & Co] had sent similar vessels to Singapore, South Africa, Bermuda, Japan and South America.
From: The Scotsman, December 1928
Eyewitness by Ian Crawford
I worked on the docks in Cape Town. Often during our lunch break we used to watch the dredgers working in the harbour, picking up the mud, throwing it onto a barge and taking it out to sea.
From: Ian Crawford, former dock worker, Cape Town
