Blog at the Ballast

Today we end July's Friday photo with an image of the Queen Mary leaving the Clyde in 1936.  She was built by John Brown & Co. We have lots of others showing the ship close up here but this one of the two boys watching it go past is my favourite. Full specification details are available from Clydebuilt. ...

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As well as writing an Annual Report for the Trustees and clients and friends of the Ballast Trust to receive.  I also put together a formal update for clients on what collections we have of theirs and what the status is of each of the collections. Some of the collections we work on are pretty big and the work often takes years - particularly...

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Today's photograph comes from a small collection of photographs that Bill Lind kept which are of the William Beardmore and Company yard. ...

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I scanned some images of locomotives this week and thought it would make a nice change to use one for the Friday Photo this week rather than more ships. This is an image of the Gordon Castle, a Highland Railway locomotive built in 1900 by Dübs & Co., Glasgow.  ...

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Today's photo is of the Queen Alexandra Built by William Denny & Brothers, Dumbarton in 1902. Full specification details available from Clydebuilt database here and more information about her career here, including the fact that she ended life as the Princess Patricia presumably after this Princess Patricia. ...

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This weekend the Tall Ships Races will be coming to Greenock from Sat 9th to Monday 11th. There is a list of the ships coming here. We've got lots of great photographs of sailing ships in our Dan McDonald collection on flickr, such as this one of the L'avenir. ...

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This week's Friday Photo is of the Queen Empress.   A paddle steamer built by Murdoch & Murray of Port Glasgow in 1912. Specification details and career history are available on the Clydebuilt site here.  More information about her can be found here and information about Murdoch and Murray here. ...

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There's a very detailed blog post about the Cunard Steamship Co. over on the New York Public Library's What's on the Menu blog. It is called Maury and the Menu: A Brief History of the Cunard Steamship Company and discusses in depth the Mauretania. There's a very detailed blog post about the Cunard Steamship Co. over on the New York Public Library's What's...

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