Old Photograph Turbine Steamer Queen Mary River Clyde Scotland

Old photograph of the turbine steamer Queen Mary on the River Clyde near Glasgow, Scotland. The two funnel Clyde steamer TS Queen Mary was built at the William Denny shipyard at Dumbarton for Williamson Buchanan. The 871 gross tons steamer was powered by three direct drive steam turbines, and carried 2086 passengers making her the largest excursion turbine on the River Clyde. In 1933 she joined the Williamson Buchanan fleet, taking over from the first Clyde turbine steamer, the 1901 TS King Edward on the run from Glasgow down the River and Firth of Clyde to Rothesay, Millport and Island of Arran. In 1935 the fleet including Queen Mary passed to the London, Midland and Scottish Railway Company, and her registered owners became Williamson Buchanan Ltd. In 1935, Williamson-Buchanan were contacted by the Cunard Company which was getting ready to have its new liner launched by Her Majesty Queen Mary, so Cunard reached agreement with Williamson-Buchanan that the turbine steamer would become TS Queen Mary II, and presented a portrait of Her Majesty to hang in the forward lounge of the Clyde steamer, while their liner became the RMS Queen Mary. During World War II, she worked on maintaining Clyde services while many other steamers became minesweepers or anti-aircraft vessels.



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Old Photograph Valley Of The Tummel Pitlochry Perthshire Scotland

Old photograph of the valley of the River Tummel near Pitlochry in Highland Perthshire, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Lodge House Baxter Park Dundee Scotland

Old photograph of the lodge house by the gates of Baxter Park in Dundee, Scotland. The Scottish park was laid out in 1863, a gift to the people of Dundee from linen manufacturer Sir David Baxter and his sisters Eleanor and Mary Ann. The park was designed by Victorian landscape architect Sir Joseph Paxton, one time gardener to the Dukes of Devonshire and designer of the Crystal Palace in London, England.



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Old Photograph Fox Hunters Ashkirk Scotland

Old photograph of fox hunters meeting at the pub in Ashkirk located six miles from Selkirk, Scottish Borders, Scotland. Other places nearby include the Alemoor Loch, Appletreehall, Belses, Essenside Loch, the Ettrick Water, Ettrickbridge, Philiphaugh, Salenside and Woll. Fox hunting with hounds, as a formalised activity, originated in England in the sixteenth century, in a form very similar to that practised until February 2005, when a law banning the activity in England and Wales came into force. A ban on hunting in Scotland had been passed in 2002, but it continues to be within the law in Northern Ireland and several other countries, including Australia, Canada, France, Ireland, Italy, and the United States.



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Old Photograph Man Fishing Loch Leven Scotland

Old photograph of a man fishing from a boat on Loch Leven by Kinross, Perthshire, Scotland. Loch Leven Castle is one of the best examples of a fourteenth century keep remaining in Scotland. It stands on an island in Lochleven, and its most famous resident was is undoubtedly the imprisoned of Mary Queen of Scots.





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