Ardnadam Pier sits on the Holy Loch in the Firth of Clyde, Scotland, and has a long history as a steamer landing point.

By the 1860s it was an established stop for passenger vessels, with the Ardnadam Pier Hotel opening at the pierhead around the same period and later renovated and enlarged in 1872.

From 1889 onward, railway-connected steamers operated by the Caledonian Steam Packet Company, the North British Railway, and the Glasgow and South Western Railway provided regular services to the pier, linking it to the broader Clyde steamer network.

The pier served as an overnight mooring for vessels as well, as evidenced by an incident in which the steamer Vesta caught fire while moored there, with the crew acting quickly to push her clear and protect the structure.