Deep below the River Clyde lies a once bustling thoroughfare that only a select few are now allowed to enter.
The Harbour Tunnel Company built not just one but three parallel tunnels at the site between Finnieston and Mavisbank Quay. By the 1930s the pedestrians were instead sharing the vehicular tunnels - which were now being used by "motors" as well.A columnist to the Evening Citizen described his descent in the elevators in 1932.
During World War Two they were back in use as a safe passage for dockers and shipyard workers, but in 1943 city officials, fearful of the rising upkeep costs, ordered the removal of the lift equipment. The metal was said to be needed for the war effort.This picture of the north shaft from the late 1960s shows the flagstones leading to the vehicle tunnel entrances.
For Glaswegians who still remember using the tunnel, it is often a childhood memory of a creepy passageway with alarming drips coming down the tiled sides. On the south bank in Govan, the rotunda has served as a pop-up Nardini's ice cream shop during the Glasgow Garden Festival, a puppet show venue, and a "Dome of Discovery", before being extensively renovated as offices for Scottish marine engineering group Malin.
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