Copy of a postcard of Gott Bay pier.
Postcard of the ferry at Gott Bay pier. (Original in Filing Cabinet 8 drawer 3)
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2004.119.6
Black and white postcard of a painting of the Lodge Hotel.
Postcard of a painting of the Lodge Hotel by A. D. Bell in 1964.
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Colour photograph of the opening of An Talla in July 2004.
The opening ceremony at An Talla on 1/7/2004.
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Colour photograph of Tiree Pipe Band at the opening of An Talla in July 2004.
Tiree Pipe Band playing at the opening of An Talla on 1st July 2004. Clockwise from extreme left: Pipe Major Duncan MacLean, Angus MacPhail, unknown, Niall MacKinnon, Ben Williams, Ian MacDonald, Kenneth MacKinnon, Sophie Isaacson, John Isaacson, Gordon Connell, Scott Brown, Andrew Findlater, Iain Smith, Michael Holliday, John MacLean (centre).
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Skerryvore Lighthouse
Photograph of Skerryvore Lighthouse in 2004.
Situated 12 miles southwest of Tiree, Skerryvore lighthouse was built between 1835 and 1842 by Alan Stevenson, Clerk of Works to the Northern Lighthouse Board, on a reef that had wrecked ships over many years
The lighthouse stands 42 metes high, weighs a total of 58,580 tons and has walls 2.9 metres thick at the base. The lower four courses are built from grey Tiree granite which proved too hard and time-consuming to dress. The remainder of the tower is built from more workable pink granite shipped from the Ross of Mull.
It was described by the Institute of Civil Engineers as ‘the finest combination of mass with elegance to be met with in architectural or engineering structures’.
Colour photograph of Skerryvore lighthouse in July 2004.
Skerryvore lighthouse in July 2004.
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Colour photograph of Iain MacDonald of Skipinnish Tours in July 2004.
Iain MacDonald of Skipinnish Tours on board the Scimitar on route for Skerryvore in July 2004.
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Colour photograph of Angus MacPhail in July 2004.
Angus MacPhail playing the pipes on board the Scimitar of Skipinnish Tours on route to Skerryvore lighthouse in July 2004.
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Colour photograph of the view of Tiree from Skerryvore.
The view of Tiree from Skerryvore photographed while aboard the Scimitar of Skipinnish Tours in July 2004.
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Envelope addressed to Captain Heddle of the Skerryvore steamer
Photograph of an envelope addressed to Captain Heddle of the Skerryvore steamer and date-stamped 1841.
Courtesy of Mr Alistair Morrison
Captain James Heddle was the master of the paddle steamer Skerryvore built by Menzies and Sons of Leith for the purpose of towing lighters loaded with granite blocks and other materials from the harbour at Hynish to the Skerryvore rocks during the building of the lighthouse.
The 150 ton wooden steamer was fitted with two engines of 30 horse power each at a total cost of over £6,350. Initially reluctant to embark on such an expense, the Northern Lighthouse Board eventually agreed when a suitable vessel for purchase could not be found. £1616 was recouped from the sale of the steamer in 1847.
In his Account of the Skerryvore Lighthouse Alan Stevenson highly commended Captain Heddle for ‘his unwearied exertion in the discharge of his harassing duty at Skerryvore’ which no doubt contributed to his sudden death in 1841 from tuberculosis of the lungs.
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Black and white photograph of Rev John MacLean from Cornaig (copied from print).
Rev. John MacLean, born 1829 the son of farmer Allan MacLean of Cornaig. He was minister of St Columba Gaelic Church in Glasgow 1888-1917.
