Looking down the pier towards Inverclyde. A funfair is enjoying temporary residence in the adjacent car park and clement weather has ensured the pier is more populated than usual.
Erected in 1872, the inscription on the plinth of the obelisk reads: To the memory of Henry Bell The first in Great Britain who was successful in practically applying steam power for the purposes of navigation. Born in the County of Linlithgow in 1766 Died in Helensburgh in 1830