Old Photograph Keltie Bridge Callander Scotland

Old photograph of Keltie Bridge which spans the River Teith near Callander, Trossachs, Scotland. The Auchenlaich Cairn, a neolithic chambered cairn is the longest in Britain, is situated near Keltie Bridge just east of Callander.



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Old Photograph Road To Loch More And Ben Stack Scotland

Old photograph of the road to Loch More and Ben Stack in Sutherland, Scotland. Ben Stack mountain is located south east of Laxford Bridge and northwest of Loch More and the town of Lairg. The long loch More on the headwaters of the River Laxford has excellent fishing for salmon, sea trout and large brown trout.



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Old Photograph Passenger Ferry William Muir Burntisland Fife Scotland

Old photograph of the passenger ferry William Muir at the pier in Burntisland, Fife, Scotland. The iron hulled paddle steamer William Muir was built at the yard of J Key and Son, Kinghorn, in 1879, for the North British Railway Company to provide a passenger service across the Firth of Forth from Granton Harbour in Edinburgh to Burntisland in Fife. She was named after the Chairman of the North British Railway. The William Muir had accommodation for 707 passengers. There were many occasions on which her capacity was thoroughly utilised. Possibly the biggest transport job in the history of the ferry was the shipment from one side of the Forth to the other of Lord George Sanger's circus and menagerie consisting of fifty caravans and 500 horses, camels, dromedaries, elephants, and other animals. This huge undertaking was begun at 10 pm, and in six hours the entire circus establishment had been safely conveyed across the five miles of water. Difficulty was experienced in getting the large caravans across the pier, and the biggest elephant, Jumbo, was more than once pressed into duty.



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Old Photograph Shipyard Workers Ardrossan Scotland

Old photograph of Shipyard workers in Ardrossan located in North Ayrshire, Scotland. The firm of Barr and Shearer was established in 1842 at Ardrossan, and changed its name in the 1870s to become the Ardrossan Shipbuilding Company. In 1891 it acquired limited liability, as Ardrossan Dockyard Ltd, but was dissolved eight years later, at which time a successor company, the Ardrossan Dry Dock & Shipbuilding Company Ltd was incorporated. In 1899 the name was changed to the Ardrossan Dry Dock and Shipbuilding Co. The yard was also expanded up to five berths in 1916 and the number of workers was 2,300. During the First World War the new south yard was constructed and from 1919, Harland and Wolff managed the yard on behalf of the Royal Mail Group. During the war the yards made minesweepers, small warships. two standard type "H" colliers, and a standard coaster. In 1925 a new company, Ardrossan Dockyard Ltd, was incorporated. This company was later placed under the control of Coast Lines Ltd, a member of the Royal Mail Group, and John G. Kincaid and Company, marine engineers, Greenock, Inverclyde, near Glasgow. In 1930, the south yard was purchased and closed by National Shipbuilders Security, London, England. During the Second World War the company made eight coasters for Coast Lines and a number of others for the Government. The yard also built fishing trawlers and boom defence vessels for the Admiralty. In the late 40s and 50s the yard built mini-cargo liners for Spanish and European companies along with a Clyde ferry. The yard was sold to ship repairers and the North yard and dry dock closed in 1969. In 1962 Archibald D. Kelly acquired the remaining yard and attempted to modernise. The company closed in 1969.



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Old Photograph Post Office Paisley Scotland

Old photograph of horses and carriages outside the Post Office in Paisley, by Glasgow, Scotland.



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