Old Photograph Loch Nan Uamh Viaduct Scotland

Old photograph of a steam train on Loch Nan Uamh Viaduct located three miles West of Lochailort between Fort William, and Mallaig in Scotland. This monument to concrete engineering earned for its contractor Robert McAlpine the nickname Concrete Bob. The viaduct was built to carry the West Highland railway across the valley of the Beasdale Burn at the head of Loch nan Uamh.



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Old Photograph Lochailort Scotland

Old photograph of Lochailort located between Fort William, and Mallaig in Scotland. A sea loch in Morar, Lochaber in the Highlands, it is a shallow V shaped loch, with the small Ardnish Peninsula on the north side, and the large South West facing Moidart Peninsula to the south. It is is bounded in the North East by the village of the same name, Lochailort and in the west, opening out into the Sound of Arisaig. To the north of the loch lies Loch Nan Uamh.



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Old Photograph Railway Station Castle Douglas Scotland

Old photograph of people at the railway station at Castle Douglas near Threave Castle, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. The Castle Douglas and Dumfries Railway was incorporated on 21 July 1856; the act was obtained by the Glasgow and South Western Railway. It opened on 7 November 1859 and was substantially closed around 14 June 1965. In 1861 the Portpatrick Railway completed a connection from Castle Douglas to Portpatrick and Stranraer.



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Old Photograph Railway Station Whistlefield Scotland

Old photograph of the railway station at Whistlefield near Dunoon, Scotland. This intermediate station on the Glasgow, Helensburgh, Crianlarich, Fort William route on the West Highland line, of the former North British Railway. was opened by the West Highland Railway on 1 May 1896. It was renamed Whistlefield Halt on 13 June 1960 and closed to regular passenger traffic on 15 June 1964.





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Old Photograph Cottages Arnisdale Scotland

Old photograph of cottages in Arnisdale on the north shore of Loch Hourn, around 10 miles down a single track road from Glenelg near the Isle of Skye, Scotland. This Scottish village is most famous as the closest settlement to Camusfeàrna, the house in which Gavin Maxwell wrote the auto-biographical story of his secluded life with his pet otters, Ring of Bright Water. It was also the departure point during the summer months for the ferry to the Barrisdale on Knoydart, across Loch Hourn, until the ferry stopped operating in 2011. Walkers often come to Arnisdale to climb Beinn Sgritheall.


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