What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Cessnock: Princes Pier, Greenock, Upper Firth of Clyde as Bucket Dredger (20th Century), Dredger (20th Century). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Cessnock was a 20th-century bucket dredger used for maintaining navigable channels in the Upper Firth of Clyde near Greenock. It was lost at Princes Pier, likely due to operational or structural failure, though specific details on the date, lives lost, or cargo are not recorded; its significance lies in reflecting the industrial maritime infrastructure supporting Scotland’s ports during the 20th century.
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