Old photograph of the hospital in Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Lewis hospital was opened in 1896 by Donald Matheson, nephew of Sir James Matheson. The fittings and furnishings of the ward were generously donated by John Ross Robertson of Toronto, a successful publisher in Canada and a grandson of Hector Sinclair of Goathill Farm. Stornoway town was founded by Vikings in the early 9th century, under the name Stjórnavágr. This town, and what eventually became its present day version, grew up around a sheltered natural harbour well placed at a central point on the island, for the convenience of people from all over the island, to arrive at the port of Stornoway, either by family boat or horse drawn coach for ongoing travel and trade with the mainland of Scotland and to all points south.
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