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Old Photographs Easdale Scotland
Old photograph of cottages in Easdale near Ellenabeich, Scotland. A small Scottish village on the isle of Seil, an island on the east side of the Firth of Lorn, 7 miles south west of Oban. A former slate mining village and one of the Slate Islands, in the Firth of Lorn. A ferry sails from Easdale to Ellenabeich which is separated from Easdale by only a narrow channel. Confusingly, Ellenabeich is sometimes known as Easdale as a result of its traditional connections with the island. Once the centre of the British slate industry, Easdale had a community of more than 500 working as many as seven quarries, some of which extended to 300 feet below sea level. Easdale slate helped to build major cities of the British Empire and can still be seen on rooftops as far afield as Melbourne, Nova Scotia, Dunedin and Dublin. The last slate was cut in 1950.
All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.
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