Tour Scotland photographs and videos from my tours of Scotland. Photography and videography, both old and new, from beautiful Scotland, Scottish castles, seascapes, rivers, islands, landscapes, standing stones, lochs and glens.
Old photograph of St Enoch Picture Theatre on Argyle Street, Glasgow, Scotland. It began life as a music hall, Crouch's Wonderland, which showed films from 1897. It was renamed in 1913, although variety shows continued to be staged until the 1920s. The cinema closed in 1935, although the building survived as a shop.
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Old photograph of firemen and fire engines at entrance to the Fire Station in Russell Street off Orkney Street in Govan, Glasgow, Scotland. The fire station was located at the rear of Govan Town Hall, which was built in Albert Street, subsequently renamed Orkney Street, in 1867 and contained all the council offices. The fire and police services remained in the old building when the new Town Hall opened in Summerstown Road in 1899. By 1905 the Govan brigade also operated from a sub station at Plantation.
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Old photograph of Kendoon Power Station in Dumfries And Galloway, Scotland. This station is about one mile downstream from Ken Dam, and just south of the junction of the Blackwater Burn tributary. It contains two 10.5MW turbines of the vertical shaft single floor type. The natural gradient of the two mile stretch of river below the power station has been utilised by the construction of Carsfad Dam, which ponds the water back to one foot below the level of the concrete sill controlling the tail-race level at Kendoon. This powerhouse receives water from Kendoon Loch and has two installed turbines used to generate electricity. The installed plant, and design of the building is very similar to that seen at Glenlee, which predates it, Carsfad and Earlstoun. This station is of almost identical design to Earlstoun, Carsfad and Glenlee. The powerhouse exhibits a functionalist modern classical design which characterises the Galloway scheme, illustrating the dynamic modern view which was held of the industry at this time. The powerhouse retains major interior features such as the overhead crane by William Arrol.
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Old photograph of cottages and houses in Ringford village beside the Tarff Water. It is about four miles north of the fishing town of Kirkcudbright in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. The Kirkcudbright Railway used to run past the village, the nearest stop being Tarff. The 1895 public timetable shows seven trains each way except Sundays; one each way ran Mondays and Fridays only; the journey time was 25 minutes. A mid morning train from London St Pancras, England, to Glasgow gave a connection at Dumfries for Castle Douglas. The railway opened in 1864, and closed in 1965.
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Old photograph of the interior if Kinloch Castle, Isle of Rhum, Lochaber, Scotland. This Scottish castle was built as a private residence for Sir George Bullough, a textile tycoon from Lancashire whose father bought Rùm as his summer residence and shooting estate. Construction began in 1897, and was completed in 1900. Built as a luxurious retreat, Kinloch Castle has since declined. The castle and island are now owned by Scottish Natural Heritage, and part of the castle operates as a hostel.
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