Old Photograph Pier Road Port Ellen Islay Scotland

Old photograph of cottages, houses, car and people on Pier Road in Port Ellen, Island of Islay, Scotland. Port Ellen is built around Leodamais Bay, Islay's main deep water fishing harbour. It is the largest town on Islay, only slightly larger than Bowmore and provides the main ferry connection between Islay and the mainland, at Kennacraig. The Port Ellen Distillery was first established in the 1820s and ceased production of Scotch whisky in 1983. The large malting continues to produce for the majority of the distilleries on Islay. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day.



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Old Photograph Quoyness Chambered Cairn Orkney Islands Scotland

Old photograph of Quoyness Chambered Cairn on Sanday, Orkney Islands, Scotland. This cairn approximately 5,000 years old, is located by the coast. At the heart of the Quoyness cairn is the main chamber. Standing approximately four metres high, this chamber is accessed by crawling through a nine metre long, low, entrance passage. Inside, six smaller chambers open off from the main chamber. Dug into the chamber’s clay floor is a shallow pit and a short trench, both of which date from the tomb's original construction.



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Old Photograph Post Office Tighnabruaich Scotland

Old photograph of a horse and cart and people outside the Post Office in Tighnabruaich, Kyles of Bute, Argyll, Scotland. The Kyles of Bute is a narrow sea channel that separates the northern end of the Isle of Bute from the Cowal peninsula in Argyll and Bute, on the Scottish mainland. The Kyles are split into the east and west kyles. The east kyle runs from Rothesay Bay north west up to the entrance to Loch Riddon. Here at the northern end of the east kyle are the Burnt Islands and the island of Eilean Dubh. The west kyle runs from here south west, past the village of Tighnabruaich out to the Sound of Bute.



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Old Photograph Railway Station Symington Scotland

Old photograph of the railway station in Symington, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. This Scottish train station was on the main line of the Caledonian Railway and for most of its life was the junction for the branch to Peebles. The original system of the Caledonian Railway was authorised on 31 July 1845, and the main routes were three lines radiating from a junction at Carstairs. The southern of these lines, that to Carlisle, England, was opened in two stages: the section south of Beattock opened first, on 10 September 1847; and the remainder opened on 15 February 1848. The station at Symington opened on 15 February 1848. The Peebles line closed on 5 June 1950. Symington station was listed for closure in the first Beeching report, and duly closed on 4 January 1965. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day.



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Old Photograph Snuff Mill Juniper Green Edinburgh Scotland

Old photograph of Watt's Snuff Mill by the railway in Juniper Green located South West of Edinburgh, Scotland. This was last snuff manufacturer in the valley of the Water of Leith. It stood on the north side of the river valley of the Water of Leith. The mill dated from the 18th century. The Water of Leith is the main river flowing through Edinburgh, to the port of Leith where it flows into the sea via the Firth of Forth. It travels through Harperrig Reservoir, past the ruins of Cairns Castle, through Balerno, Currie, Juniper Green, Colinton, Slateford, Longstone, Saughton, Balgreen, Roseburn and on to the nearest it gets to the Edinburgh city centre at the Dean Village. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day.



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