The final photo for October is a bit of a mystery but I like the detail it shows of the ship Harmony. I've not been able to find out anything else about it. ...
I've spent much of today reading through Bill's correspondence files from the late 1980s when the Ballast Trust was set up and had begun the mammoth task of processing the Scott Lithgow records on site in the Joiners' Shop at the Kingston Yard.This is for a case study I'm putting together about the Ballast Trust and its contribution to Scottish business archives for...
Today's photo is one of the many 'hoppers' that we have in the Dan Mcdonald collection. This one is Hopper 7 and we also have a great picture of a man (possibly the Captain?) on Flickr as well here.Full specification details are available here. ...
It has been a very busy week here at the Ballast Trust so I thought it would make a slightly more interesting post to give folks an idea about the variety of things we are involved in. On Monday, we had a new volunteer start work on the Edinburgh City Engineer's Plan Project and a visit from the Glasgow University Archive TraineesOn Tuesday,...
Today's photo is of the Hebrides built by Ailsa Shipbuilding Company, Troon in 1898.Hebrides Flags 2Specification details available from clydebuilt database here.From the flags and information provided by flickr users I think that this photo probably dates from around the time of the Festival of Britain in 1951. ...
Today's photo is the first of the H's I have uploaded and will be using for October's photos. It was built in 1967 by Barclay Curle & Co., according to the Clydebuilt site it was actually their last ship.Specification details are available here. ...
In the original brief for the Pacesetter project we hoped to be finished in October. However, because of the extra information that needs to be captured for the Montague Smith collection this will result in a delay to the inputting of the Montague Smith collection. For this reason I have decided to extend the formal project by 5-6 months. This should give us...
Glenfinlas Originally uploaded by ballasttrustA great picture of the Glenfinlas surrounded by cranes. Check it out on flickr for a bigger version. She was built by John Brown & Co in 1966 and was the fourth Glenfinlas built and operated by the Glen Shipping Line.Specification details available from clydebuilt database here. Glenfinlas Originally uploaded by ballasttrustA great picture of the Glenfinlas surrounded by...
