Clyde Cruising '69: Clyde Coast Steamer Services
Author | : Caledonian Steam Packet Company Ltd |
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Release | : 1969 |
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Author | : Caledonian Steam Packet Company Ltd |
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Release | : 1969 |
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Total Pages | : 51 |
Release | : 1967 |
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Author | : Alistair Deayton |
Publisher | : Amberley Publishing Limited |
Total Pages | : 260 |
Release | : 2010-10-15 |
Genre | : Transportation |
ISBN | : 1445623331 |
The fascinating history of Scottish piers illustrated through a wonderful collection of images.
Author | : Alistair Deayton |
Publisher | : Amberley Publishing Limited |
Total Pages | : 460 |
Release | : 2014-07-15 |
Genre | : Transportation |
ISBN | : 1445641690 |
A new book that explores the history of the Waverley Steam Navigation Company.
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Total Pages | : 404 |
Release | : 1925 |
Genre | : Harbors |
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Author | : Christian Leslie Dyce Duckworth |
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Total Pages | : 248 |
Release | : 1956 |
Genre | : Coastwise shipping |
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Author | : Nick Robins |
Publisher | : Seaforth Publishing |
Total Pages | : 158 |
Release | : 2011-09-12 |
Genre | : Transportation |
ISBN | : 1848321120 |
At the beginning of the last century it was possible to sail from London to Glasgow via the south coast ports and Belfast, returning along the east coast from either Dundee or Leith for as little as five pounds. Those were the days when 300 passengers were landed twice weekly at Grangemouth or Dundee from the London boat, and the coastal passenger and cargo liner was in its heyday, catering both for the first class tourist as well as offering keenly priced second class fares for the like of football fans following away matches. Sadly, these wonderful steamer services are now largely forgotten but this new book will stir fond memories of the ships and their coastal voyages. The Depression of the 1930s, coupled with competition from both railway and the motor coach, were to spell the end for many of the coastal liners, while heavy losses incurred in World War II left only a few ships each offering just a handful of passenger berths. ?The story of their one hundred years of service is accompanied by numerous fascinating anecdotes, and the book focuses as much on the social need for coastal passenger services, the men and women who provided the services and the passengers who used them, as it does on the nuts and bolts of the ships themselves. This beautifully presented book will delight both ship enthusiasts and all those who enjoy the maritime and social history of the British Isles.
Author | : Clyde Cruising Club |
Publisher | : Imray, Laurie, Norie and Wilson Ltd |
Total Pages | : 150 |
Release | : 2020-04-24 |
Genre | : Transportation |
ISBN | : 178679165X |
Part of the Clyde Cruising Club’s Sailing Directions and Anchorages series, Firth of Clyde extends beyond its titled area to the coast of Northern Ireland (Rathlin Island to Belfast Lough) and on the Scottish side southwards from Stranraer to Portpatrick and beyond to the Solway Firth and Cumbria. Firth of Clyde covers everything from the busy waters of the Firth of Clyde and River Clyde to the more remote areas of the wider estuary and connected lochs, including the protected and beautiful Kyles of Bute and Loch Riddon, Loch Fyne and the Crinan Canal. Coverage then extends west and south to encompass North Channel and Solway Firth. This new edition, updated by Geoff Crowley, continues the long-respected legacy of CCC publications for cruising sailors. The North Channel section has been extended to include details for Belfast itself. New photographs throughout illustrate the text and help orientate the navigator. Details on plans have been updated with reference to the new Imray 2900 Firth of Clyde chart pack for the area. References to Bob Bradfield’s useful Antares large scale charts are also included. Whether you are a local sailor or a first-time cruising visitor, Firth of Clyde is an essential companion in these waters. Updates and corrections are available via the Clyde Cruising Club website.
Author | : John Armstrong |
Publisher | : Liverpool University Press |
Total Pages | : 370 |
Release | : 2017-10-18 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1786948966 |
This book collects seventeen previously published essays by John Armstrong concerning the British coastal trade. Armstrong is a leading maritime historian and the essays provided here offer a thorough exploration of the British coastal trade, his specialisation, during the period of industrialisation and technological development that would lead to modern shipping. The purpose is to demonstrate the whether or not the coastal trade was the main carrier of internal trade and a pioneer of the technical developments that modernised the shipping industry. Each essay makes an original contribution to the field and covers a broad range of topics, including the fluctuating importance of the coastal trade and size of the coastal fleet over time; the relationship between coastal shipping, canals, and railways; a comparison between the coastal liner and coastal tramp trade; the significance of the river Thames in enabling trade; coastal trade economics; maritime freight rates; the early twentieth century shipping depression; competition between coastal liner companies; and a detailed study of the role of the government in coastal shipping. The book also contains case studies of the London coal trade; coastal trade through the River Dee port; and the Liverpool-Hull trade route. It contains a foreword, introduction, and bibliography of Armstrong’s writings. There is no overall conclusion, except the assertion that coastal shipping plays a tremendous role in British maritime history, and a call for further research into the field.
Author | : Thorbjorn Campbell |
Publisher | : Casemate Publishers |
Total Pages | : 476 |
Release | : 2013-05-13 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0857905902 |
A Scottish historian provides an original, fascinating, and comprehensive account of the Isle of Arran from the prehistoric era to the 20th-century. Arran is an archaeological and geological treasure trove of stunning scenic beauty. Its history stretches back more than five thousand years to the great stone circles, whose remnants still decorate the plains of Machrie. Runic inscriptions tell of a Viking occupation lasting centuries. Later, in 1307, King Robert the Bruce began his triumphant comeback from Arran. Subsequently, the island was repeatedly caught up and devastated in the savage dynastic struggles of medieval Scotland. After the 1707 Parliamentary Union, came a new and strange upheaval: Arran became a testing ground for the Industrial Revolution. The ancient ‘runrig’ style of farming gave way to enclosed fields and labor-saving methods, which eventually lead to the socially disastrous Highland Clearances. The misfortune of the times was culminated by the Great Irish Potato Famine of 1845. At last, the area settled into a stable mixture of agriculture and tourism in the 19th and 20th centuries.