James Watt Dock

In the 19thC 400 ships a year docked here carrying raw sugar from the West Indies for Tate and Lyle's massive refinery in Greenock.
On the left is a small part of the A listed 'Sugar Sheds' the largest remaining cast iron and brick structure in the country. These were used to store raw and refined sugar. Various plans have been suggested for its future use including a museum highlighting the history of slavery and the part it played in the trade between the Clyde Glasgow and the Americas
The Titan crane is one of the four last such 150 ton cranes remaining on the Clyde built by Sir William Arrol in 1917.
The JWDock is one of four non tidal docks in Greenock used constantly by boats of various sizes though mainly for leisure now. Adjacent is a busy dry dock servicing and repairing ferries and cargo ships.
Other nearby docks and quays house fleets of tugs used for the Royal Navy and commercial ships. There is also a deepwater container port just to the west of here