Shipbuilders Sculpture, Port Glasgow
Also known affectionately as The Skelpies
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The Shipbuilders of Port Glasgow, also known as The Skelpies, are 35 feet high tall stainless
steel sculptures in Coronation Park, Port Glasgow, right by the river.
The Skelpies? It's a pun on the Kelpies, a couple of steel horses up by the M9 in Grangemouth. Not the easiest subjects to render with a digital camera. The artist was John McKenna.
As you can see Port Glasgow was celebrating an anniversary in 2025 when these photos were taken.
Recently Port Glasgow won a 'prize' as the most dismal town in Scotland but that was rescinded after many complaints from unhappy locals.
Clearly the judges have never been to ... (cont'd page 97.
The Skelpies? It's a pun on the Kelpies, a couple of steel horses up by the M9 in Grangemouth. Not the easiest subjects to render with a digital camera. The artist was John McKenna.
As you can see Port Glasgow was celebrating an anniversary in 2025 when these photos were taken.
Recently Port Glasgow won a 'prize' as the most dismal town in Scotland but that was rescinded after many complaints from unhappy locals.
Clearly the judges have never been to ... (cont'd page 97.
