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The city`s heyday was in the late Victorian period. By that time, Glasgow had built up an enormously powerful industrial and commercial base and was able to sell `high-tech` manufactured goods all over the world; in addition, these exports (from steel nails to massive railway locomotives) were transported abroad in Clyde-built ships and the financial and insurance arrangements were often made by Glasgow banks and insurance companies. Glasgow was now `The Second City of the Empire` and since Britain was at that time the greatest imperialist power the world had ever seen, many Glaswegians saw themselves as citizens of the second most important city in the world.
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The Clyde Navigation Trust Buildings were built beside the Clyde and dominated the quays and the many ships that tied up alongside. The Trust was one of the most influential bodies in the city and these headquarters emphasised their importance. |
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