Glasgow docks and the impact of technological change and modernisation from the 1870s to the early 1930s

According to Noel Phillips and Gordon Whiteside throughout the British port transport industry in general the pace of technological change and the spread of mechanisation was ‘slow and limited in its effects’ - at least in the period up to 1914. At Glasgow, however, because it had a more recent trading history than older, well-established ports, such as Liverpool and London, the spread of new technology and the increased use of mechanical devices penetrated the port of Glasgow much more deepl..