Black and white photograph of Donald Kennedy of Moss.
Donald Kennedy of Moss in the late 1930s. He settled in Australia then moved to New Zealand.
2000.83.10
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2000.83.11
Black and white photograph of Donald Archie and Malcolm Kennedy of Moss.
Donald Archie Kenendy of Moss who was lost at sea in 1939 and his brother Malcolm whose ship was blown up in 1946. Donald Archie and Malcolm were brothers of Morag Kennedy, Evelyn O`Flynn`s mother.
1999.125.4
Photocopied photograph of Captain John MacKinnon and Neil MacDougall.
Captain John MacKinnon of Harbour, Caoles and his brother-in-law Neil MacDougall, son of Rev. Allan MacDougall and headmaster of Ruaig School.
1999.118.2
Laser print of photograph of a stone cross from Kilkenneth Chapel.
photograph of a stone cross from Kilkenneth Chapel, now missing..
1999.125.5
Photocopied photograph of Margaret Mary MacKinnon nee MacDougall.
Margaret Mary MacKinnon with a child in her arms. Margaret was the daughter of Rev Allan MacDougall of Milton and the wife of Captain John MacKinnon, Harbour Caoles.
2003.180.1
S.S. ‘Cygnet’
Postcard of the S.S. ‘Cygnet’ approaching Gott Bay pier.
Courtesy of Mrs Ishobel MacDonald
Built as a cargo steamer, the S.S. ‘Cygnet’ was launched from Inglis’ Yard on the Clyde in 1904. She received a boiler and the starboard engine salvaged from the MacBrayne steamship ‘Flowerdale’ which was lost off Lismore earlier that year.
Initially on the Glasgow-Inverary route, the ‘Cygnet’ was modified after World War I to accommodate passengers and transferred to the Oban-Coll-Tiree-Castlebay-Lochboisdale route. She was sold in 1930 and broken up the following year.
Alasdair Sinclair of Brock remembers the ‘Cygnet’ as a dreadful wee boat: ‘There was nowhere at all to sit…You just stood on deck ankle-deep in water and watched your luggage floating about.’
Black and white postcard of the ferry approaching Tiree pier.
The ferry `Cygnet` approaching Tiree in the 1920s. The SS `Cygnet` was launched in 1904, relieved the Outer Isles ferries until the end of WWI, then was based in Oban and conducted the Islands mail services until 1930 when she was sold. (Original postcard in Filing Cabinet 8 drawer 2)
2003.181.0
Twelve colour photographs of the construction of the roll-on roll-off ferry terminus at Gott Bay pier in 1992.
The construction of the roll-on roll-off ferry terminus at Gott Bay pier in 1992. Six photographs are on display W20-W26.
2003.181.1
Colour photograph of the construction of the roll-on roll-off ferry terminus at Gott Bay pier in 1992.
The construction of the roll-on roll-off ferry terminus at Gott Bay pier in 1992.
2003.181.3
Colour photograph of the construction of the roll-on roll-off ferry terminus at Gott Bay pier in 1992.
The construction of the roll-on roll-off ferry terminus at Gott Bay pier in 1992.
2003.181.4
Construction of the roll-on roll-off ferry terminus at Gott Bay pier
Photograph of the construction of the roll-on roll-off ferry terminus at Gott Bay pier in 1992.
Courtesy of Ms Rona Campbell
The roll-on roll-off ferry terminus at Gott Bay pier was constructed in 1992 at a cost of £2.5 million. A new pier, incorporating the linkspan, was built to the east of the old pier-head, extending into deeper water where, some argued, the original pier-head should have been situated.
The linkspan, a mechanically operated steel ramp, can be raised or lowered to suit the tides, enabling vehicles to be driven straight on to the car deck of the ferry from the pier. Prior to this, vehicles were side-loaded in batches and lowered to the car deck by lift.
In the same year, a linkspan was constructed at Coll pier. The ferry turnaround times at both piers were cut to around a third, substantially reducing the sailing time from Oban to Tiree.
Colour photograph of the construction of the roll-on roll-off ferry terminus at Gott Bay pier in 1992.
The construction of the roll-on roll-off ferry terminus at Gott Bay pier in 1992.