Blog at the Ballast

Festive greetings. Today's photo is of the Invergordan Excursion Coach taking a bunch of sailors somewhere exciting I hope. It comes from Bill's miscellaneous collection of photographs.The Ballast Trust will be closed now until 5th January - Merry Christmas. ...

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A while back I got a request via our flickr pages to use an image from the Dan McDonald collection.  The request came from Danny at Queensferry Passage website.  This website features lots of interesting information and images about the four ferries who worked the route. The image in questions was of the Robert the Bruce ferry, which I've featured on this blog...

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The Juno is today's photo, a passenger car ferry built for the Gourock-Dunoon route in 1974.Juno Originally uploaded by ballasttrustShe was built by James Lamont & Company in Port Glasgow. Full specification details are available from Clydebuilt database here. ...

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Today's photo is of a paddlesteamer built by Fairfields, Govan in 1931.Full specification details are available here. ...

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This is a photo of the paddle steamer Iona built by J G Thompson in Govan in 1864. She has a very long career, serving until she was scrapped in 1936. Full specification details are available here from the Clydebuilt site. ...

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Lots of snow across Scotland so thought it was time for the christmas snow widget to appear for the festive season. Lots of snow across Scotland so thought it was time for the christmas snow widget to appear for the festive season. ...

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