Dalmarnock is the proposed location for the athletes' village when Glasgow hosts the 2014 Commonwealth Games. Dalmarnock is area of city of Glasgow. It is situated north of the River Clyde. It is bounded by the Clyde to the south and east, The area covers part of a loop in the River Clyde called the Cuningar Loop (known locally as 'The Vallies').
Dalmarnock there is a bridge over the River Clyde on Dalmarnock Road called Dalmarnock Bridge. The area was once heavily industrialised. Sir William Arrol & Co. had a factory in Baltic Street and there was a large coal fired power station at Dalmarnock Bridge. Derelict tenements in Dalmarnock
Dalmarnock the east side of Summerfield Street was bombed during the Second World War. In the 1960s, a new housing scheme was built, comprising of four twenty-two storey tower blocks and 'H-block' maisionettes. Two of the towers were demolished in 2002. One on July 1, 2007, and the final one on September 9, 2007. |