Old Photograph Yachting Pond Millport Scotland

Old photograph of the yachting pond by the East Bay in Millport on the island of Cumbrae in the Firth of Clyde, in North Ayrshire, Scotland. Millport, Scottish Gaelic: Port a' Mhuilinn, was a strategic base for Customs and Excise. Several of the streets in Millport are named after crew members of the Revenue cutter Royal George, as the River Clyde was a main thoroughfare for goods, shipbuilding and smuggling. The Victorian era was a period of rapid growth, both in terms of population, governance, amenities and property.



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