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In 1922, the Glen Line opened its new building on the Bund in Shanghai. The shipping agency occupied the first floor and the upper floors were rented out.
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The Glen Line was sold to Alfred Holt's Blue Funnel line in 1935. The company lost two further ships to U-boat attacks in the
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shipping line that was founded in Glasgow in 1867. Its head office was later moved first to London and then to Liverpool.
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The firm had its roots in the co-operation between the Gow and McGregor families in Glasgow in the 1850s.
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The Glen Line Building at the Corner of Peking Road and the Bund, Shanghai, 1939
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organised the freight to fill the ships and by 1860 they were in partnership.
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built. She was wrecked off the coast of China in 1898, killing 53 people.
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In 1911, Elder Dempster and Co acquired The Glen Line. During the
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built to ply the route between Glasgow, Liverpool, and Chile via
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Scotland and the Sea: The Scottish Dimension in Maritime History
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The Glen Line Building - built in 1922 (No. 28, The Bund)
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Shanghai
Alan C Gow
James McGregor
Estrella de Chile
Cape Horn
barque
Glenavon
First World War
U-boat
motor ship
Glenartney
Second World War
"Glen Line"
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Scotland's Lost Industries
Amberley Publishing
ISBN
978-1-4456-2401-3
Cargo Liners: An Illustrated History
Seaforth Publishing
ISBN
978-1-84832-129-8
The Glen Line Building - built in 1922 (No. 28, The Bund)
Scotland and the Sea: The Scottish Dimension in Maritime History

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