Old Photograph Factory Workers St. Rollox Springburn Glasgow Scotland

Old photograph of factory workers at St. Rollox in Springburn, Glasgow, Scotland. Springburn developed from a small rural hamlet at the beginning of the nineteenth century. Its industrial expansion began with the establishment of a chemical works by Charles Tennant on the newly opened Monkland Canal at nearby St. Rollox in 1799. Later in the 19th century the construction of railway lines through the area led to the establishment of Railway works and the village became a parish in its own right. The Garnkirk and Glasgow Railway first opened in 1831 to supply the St. Rollox Chemical Works and the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway was opened in 1842. Later, the City Union Line was extended to Springburn in 1871 and the Hamiltonhill Branch Line opened in 1894. Initially located outwith the Glasgow boundary, the area was eventually absorbed by the City of Glasgow Corporation in 1872.



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Old Photograph Main Street Ardrishaig Scotland

Old photograph of shops, buildings and people on Main Street in Ardrishaig, Argyll, Scotland. This Scottish village is located at the southern entrance to the Crinan Canal, on the side of a hill bordering Loch Fyne immediately to the south of Lochgilphead. The Crinan Canal between Crinan and Ardrishaig in Argyll and Bute in the west of Scotland is operated by Scottish Canals. The canal, which opened in 1801, takes its name from the village of Crinan at its western end. The canal was built to provide a short cut for commercial sailing and fishing vessels and later Clyde puffers to travel between the industrialised region around Glasgow to the West Highland villages and islands. It was designed by civil engineer John Rennie and work started in 1794, but was not completed until 1801, two years later than planned.



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Tour Scotland Video Drive B8083 Road Isle Of Skye Inner Hebrides

Tour Scotland video of a drive on the B8083 single track road on the Strathaird Peninsula on ancestry visit to Isle of Skye, Inner Hebrides, Scotland. There are views of the Red Cuillin at first, with views to Blabheinn and the Black Cuillin before the road temporarily turns north west, curving around the head of Loch Slapin. It takes the long way around this sea loch to cross the bridge, Once across the bridge, the road turns southwards once more, doubling back down the west shore of the Loche over the Abhainn an t-Sratha Mhòir at the head of the loch. The B8083 then starts to climb, turning inland a little before dropping through Kikibost and Kilmarie. Here there is another parking area, from which a popular track leads over to Camasunary, on the shores of Loch Scavaig. The Strathaird peninsula was historically a heartland of the Mackinnons, a robustly Jacobite clan. On 4 July 1746, the Bonnie Prince Charlie, the Young Pretender, found sanctuary at Elgol in the course of his wanderings under the protection of Clan Mackinnon of Mackinnon and Captain John Mackinnon of Elgol.

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Tour Scotland Video Dolphins Loch Scavaig Inner Hebrides

Tour Scotland video of Dolphins appearing out of the water in Loch Scavaig, Inner Hebrides, Scotland. The cool waters surrounding Scotland are the perfect habitat for the sleek marine mammal, with bottlenose, white-beaked and common dolphins all playing near our coastlines,. The best places to see dolphins in Scotland include; the Bay of Nigg, the Moray Firth, Broughty Ferry Castle, at the entrance to the Firth of Tay, Tayport harbour in Fife, Anstruther on the coast of Fife has experienced a rise in dolphin sightings around the Firth of Forth, dolphins are often seen at Ardnamurchan Point, Mull, and Red Point, south of Gairloch. The predominance of bottlenose dolphins is also a feature of the waters on the west coast, with over 60 members of the species living in the Sound of Barra and the Hebrides.

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Tour Scotland Video Sunday Morning River Tay Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of Sunday morning by the River Tay on ancestry visit to Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. The church you can see was built as the West Church in 1843 and became St Matthew's when it was merged with three other churches; Wilson Church, Middle Church and Bridgend Church in 1965.

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