Brass binnacle compass salvaged from the front of a boat that washed up at Sloc a` Cheum, Kennavara, in 1935.
2013.51.1
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Tag Archives: boats and boat-building
2013.33.5
Photograph of a wooden boat in Scarinish harbour before World War II
Sepia photograph of a wooden boat of the dipping lug-sail type anchored in Scarinish Harbour with the pier and Mary Stewart freight store in the background. On the reverse is written “Pre WWII”. (Original stored in filing cabinet 9 drawer 4)
2013.11.1
Booklet ` Lines below the Waves` 2005
Booklet about fishing and fishing boats on Tiree. Researched by Dr John Holliday for a summer exhibition at An Iodhlann.
2012.125.7
Photograph of boats in Scarinish harbour in 1966
Black & white photograph of several wooden boats stranded on the sand in Scarinish Harbour in August 1966, with the remains of the Mary Stewart partially visible on the left.
2012.111.1
Cast-iron `cauldron`
Large cast-iron `pot-bellied` cooking pot with handle that would have been hung over the fire. Painted black. It was last used for heating bitchumen for tarring felt roofs and/or the hulls of boats.
2012.104.1
List of boats used on Tiree and Coll in 1847, and their state of repair.
Table listing the names of boat owners on Tiree (76) and Coll (4) in 1847, along with township, length of keel, crew size, rig of boat, state of hull, state of oars, state of sails, state of hasts(?), state of tackling, sum required for repairs, state of small long lines, state of long lines, state of hand lines, state of hooks, sum required for fishing gear. Extracted from a government report on the measures adopted for the relief of distress in Scotland. Accession includes title & contents pages of the report. Full report downloaded from EPPI website to An Iodhlann computer.
2012.22.1
Drill used for boatbuilding at Vaul
Wood and metal hand-operated drill from the workshop of Vaul boatbuilders.
2012.22.2
Iron head of an adze – a sort of axe used for thinning wood during boat-building. From the workshop of Vaul boat-builders.
2011.99.1
Photograph of Lamont Dock, Hong Kong, c. 1905.
Black & white photograph of Lamont Dock in Hong Kong around 1905. The Lamont Dock was completed in 1860 and is named after John Lamont who was from Tiree. When John Lamont and Admiral Sir James Hope built the docks, they accurately foresaw the tremendous width of ships of the future. Original emailed news article extract in Filing cabinet 9 drawer 3.
2011.2.1
Model of a dipping lug-sail boat
Wooden, scale model of a dipping lug-sail boat on a wooden stand. Bought on the island of Colonsay.
