Clyde

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Clyde is a major Scottish river and historic shipbuilding hub centered around Glasgow, long known for its naval and commercial vessel construction and repair.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Clyde canonical 3
Clyde Command 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf river
associatedWithIndustry heavy engineering
marine engineering
country Scotland
emptiesInto Firth of Clyde
etymologyLanguage Brythonic
flowsThrough Glasgow
Inverclyde
North Lanarkshire
Renfrewshire
South Lanarkshire
West Dunbartonshire
hasBridge Clyde Arc
Clyde Tunnel (road tunnel under river)
linked to: Clyde Tunnel

Kingston Bridge, Glasgow
hasPort Port of Glasgow
linked to: Port Glasgow

Port of Greenock
linked to: Port Glasgow
hasShipyardArea Clydebank
Fairfield shipyard
linked to: Fairfield Shipyard

Govan
John Brown & Company shipyard
Scotstoun
hasTributary River Avon (Scottish Avon)
linked to: River Avon

River Kelvin
River Leven (Dunbartonshire)
historicallySignificantFor British shipbuilding industry
Royal Navy shipbuilding
merchant shipping
knownFor commercial ship construction
naval ship construction
ship repair
shipbuilding
locatedIn Scotland
locatedInMetropolitanArea Greater Glasgow
majorCityOnRiver Dumbarton
Glasgow
Greenock
mouthLocatedIn Firth of Clyde
partOf Clyde basin
playedRoleIn Industrial Revolution in Scotland
development of Glasgow as an industrial city
region Central Belt of Scotland
sourceLocation South Lanarkshire
Southern Uplands
transportFunction access to Atlantic Ocean via Firth of Clyde
navigation
trade route
watercourseType tidal river (in lower reaches)

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

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

HMS Eskimo repairedAt Clyde
Clyde Dam namedAfter Clyde
Royal Navy home commands hasComponent Clyde Command
linked to: Clyde