We're all away on holiday this week so no Friday photo.You can still check out our images on flickr though. ...
In 2009, a combination of the Ballast Trust’s contacts and the interests of Duncan Winning (Archive Assistant) led to the establishment of a useful relationship with the world famous firm of naval architects G. L. Watson & Co. Limited.Hal Sisk, an Irish entrepreneur with a keen interest in yachting history, restoring old yachts etc., and an admirer of the Ballast Trust and its...
One of the most famous ships in the world, today's photo is of the Cutty Sark. She was built by Scott & Linton in Dumbarton in 1869, specification details are available from the Clydebuilt database here.I won't say much about her as there are much better resource out there for information about such a well known ship but I will flag up the...
Yesterday was a busy day here. We were returning 1 big collection and 2 smaller additions that have been processed here on behalf of Glasgow City Archives. They were:Clyde Pilotage (T-CN46)Barclay Curle additions (TD265)Clyde Port Authority additions (T-CN14)Here's a shot of the Clyde Pilotage Boxes in the van ready to go:All the collections are now at Glasgow City Archives where they can be...
The Ballast Trust: A Brief History has now been put up on our website here. To accompany this document, I thought that some visual representations would be helpful to give people reading the history a sense of the scale of operations, the working conditions (which I'm told were always very cold) and also the state that records were found in before being rescued...
I'm in the middle of writing our annual report so I've not had time to scan in a new batch of 'D' photographs. Instead I offer a rather odd little picture of the fishing vessel CARRICK LASS on shore. I'm in the middle of writing our annual report so I've not had time to scan in a new batch of 'D' photographs. Instead...
The City of New York built by Vickers-Armstrong in , Newcastle in 1946. ...
