On Friday we went for a staff and volunteer lunch to Summerlee Museum. I had spent the morning checking some Hugh Smith drawings and as we approached we spotted a large shearing and punching machine built by Hugh Smith in the entrance.The museum was full of interesting stuff and very well laid out, they've got a huge site and make the most of...
This Glen Sannox is one of three we have pictures of and was built by William Denny & Brothers Dumbarton in 1925.Glen Sannox Originally uploaded by ballasttrustSpecification details are available from clydebuilt database here.The other Glen Sannox ships are a 1957 one built by Ailsa Shipbuilders and a 1892 one by J & G Thompson. ...
The Society for Nautical Research is organising a conference in November called Maritime Scotland.Its going to be held at the Mitchell Library on Saturday the 13th November at 2pm.If you are interested, you will need to book a place. Details are in the conference leaflet here ...
Events have overtaken us here with our pacesetter project. As I explained earlier we are still capturing the extra information required for the Montague Smith collection before we can start using Archivist's Toolkit (AT) to input the data.However, we have in the meantime started another collection which is being catalogued straight into the AT. Its the Edinburgh City Engineers' Plan collection which currently...
Glasgow Dock WorkersOriginally uploaded by ballasttrust No ship this week but instead a great picture from the Dan McDonald collection of Glasgow dock works. Not sure which docks this was taken at so any suggestions would be welcome. ...
Congratulations to artist Patricia Cain who was awarded the Threadneedle Prize for her work 'Building the Riverside Museum'. Some images of her work are available here.Patricia has visited the Ballast Trust recently to discuss the processes of construction with Duncan and look at some of the images we have in the Lind collection of shipyards and the construction of large liners.More information is...
The University of Glasgow Archive Services have put together this great video about their collections. It includes information about their shipbuilding and railway collections, some of which the Ballast Trust has helped to process. ...
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Its the 43rd anniversary of the launch of the QEII this year, check out this post on the Paddle Steamer Preservation Society blog about a walking tour and talk being organised in Clydebank on the 20th September. Its the 43rd anniversary of the launch of the QEII this year, check out this post on the Paddle Steamer Preservation Society blog about a walking...
Today's photo marks the first of the 'Gs' and is the sailing vessel the GRACE HARWAR built by William Hamilton & Co. , Port Glasgow in 1889.There are five images in total that Dan took, the rest will appear on our flickr site.Full specification details are available from Clydebuilt here.There is a great action shot of her in a storm from the National...
