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Old Travel Blog Photograph Pier Kilmun Scotland
Old travel Blog photograph of the pier at Kilmun near Dunoon, Scotland. As a settlement, Kilmun is substantially older than most of its neighbours on the Holy Loch. Like them, it developed as a watering place for Glasgow merchants after 1827, when a pier was built by the marine engineer David Napier. It was a regular stop for the Clyde steamer services until its closure in 1971. David Napier was born at Dumbarton on 29 October 1790, the son of John Napier, a Dumbarton engineer, and his second wife Ann McAlister. David Napier eventually moved to London, England, continuing his engineering experiments until his death at the family home, 8 Upper Phillimore Gardens, Kensington, on 23 November 1869. He was buried at Kensal Green Cemetery.
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