Cheese press with iron screw set into a stone base approximately 580 x 500 x 180 mm used to press cheese in a vat to extract the liquid. (Given to donor by Donald MacLean, Ardbeg.) Similar to the one shown in photograph X34
1999.327.1
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Dates: 1860s
2000.152.2
Photocopied article about the history of the seaweed industry by Ernest Booth.
Article about Edward Curtis-Stanford and the iodine industry.
2003.177.6
Transcript of the precognition of James MacFadyen, Tiree (Argyll & Bute Archives, TPF/1869/12).
Precognition of James MacFadyen, Tiree, charged with the rape of Ann MacPhail, `a pauper and lunatic`, in 1869.
2003.177.7
Photocopied letter by Edward Curtis Stanford written on 3/1/1864.
Account by Edward Curtis Stanford written on 3/1/1864 about the previous year on Tiree and the difficulties he experienced building the seaweed factory at Middleton.
2003.177.8
Photocopied account of the discovery of alginic acid by Edward Curtis-Stanford.
Biography of Edward Curtis-Stanford, his discovery of alginic acid and an account of the processes used at the Middleton seaweed factory.
2003.177.9
Photocopied papers by Edward Curtis-Stanford.
Front page of Stanford`s paper `On the Manufacture of Kelp` and various other handwritten pages about the uses of seaweed, costings, proposed plans for the factory and drying sheds and highland medicines using seaweed..
2003.177.10
Photocopied biography of Edward Curtis-Stanford.
An account of the life and work of Edward Curtis-Stanford.
1999.254.20
Paperback booklet `The Catholic Knight of Crofting: Sir Donald Horne MacFarlane, MP for Argyll 1885-86, 1892-95` by Donald E. Meek.
Biographical sketch of Sir Donald Horne MacFarlane 1830-1904, a pro-crofter MP for Argyll who was honoured by Gaelic poets.
2001.97.44
List of medical practitioners on Tiree 1861-1891 compiled by Duncan Grant of Ruaig.
Extracts from the census records 1841-1891 giving details of doctors/surgeons and their households.
1997.247.1
The tea clippers ‘Taeping’ and ‘Ariel’
Print of the tea clippers ‘Taeping’ and ‘Ariel’ competing in the Great China Tea Clipper Race of 1866.
Courtesy of Mr Donald MacKinnon
In 1866 London tea importers paid a premium of 10 shillings a ton for the first China tea of the season to arrive in London. On 30th May sixteen clippers left Foochow, including the favourite, the ‘Ariel’, and the ‘Taeping’, captained by Donald MacKinnon of Heanish and carrying almost 500 tons of tea.
As the boats raced home, the lead passed from one ship to another. As they reached the Lizard, the ‘Ariel’ and ‘Taeping’ were level. However, the shallower draught of the ‘Taeping’ allowed her to beat the tide and reach London Docks twenty minutes earlier than the ‘Ariel’, 16,000 miles and 99 days after leaving China.
The tea merchants of London were less than delighted to have such a glut of tea on the market and never offered the premium again. Captain MacKinnon returned to Tiree in glory but died the following year aged thirty-nine.