Tour Scotland photographs and videos from my tours of Scotland. Photography and videography, both old and new, from beautiful Scotland, Scottish castles, seascapes, rivers, islands, landscapes, standing stones, lochs and glens.
Old Photograph Dalswinton Loch Scotland
Old photograph of Dalswinton Loch near Dumfries, Scotland. Beside this Scottish loch is Dalswinton Tower, a former stronghold of the Comyn family. The banker Patrick Miller of Dalswinton had experimented with double hulled pleasure boats propelled by cranked paddle wheels placed between the hulls, and he got William Symington to build the patent steam engine with its drive into a pleasure boat built in 1785 which was successfully tried out on Dalswinton Loch near Miller's house on 14 October 1788. Blog post of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day.
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