Paperback book `Royal Road to the Isles` by Ian McCrorie.
The story of 150 years of MacBrayne shipping.
2001.156.4
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1998.320.27
Paperback book `Ferry Tales of Argyll and the Isles` by Walter Weyndling.
Illustrated history of the ferries that ply the waters off the coast of Argyll and along the lochs, the individuals who worked them, the people who used them and the places they served.
2000.97.6
Hardback book `To Western Scottish Waters` by Robert N. Forsythe.
Illustrated survey on how people and goods have travelled to the isles over the years.
2000.50.7
Hardback book `The West Highland Galley` by Denis Rixson.
The history of the west highland galley or birlinn.
1998.320.26
Hardback book `The Light in the Glens` by Len Paterson.
The rise and fall of the puffer trade.
2001.173.3
Photocopied page of biographical notes about Captain Donald MacKinnon of Heanish.
Biographical notes about Captain Donald MacKinnon (1827-1867) of Heanish, winner of the 1866 Great China Tea Race.
2001.143.9
Draft version of discussion document `The Short Sea Crossing` produced by the Tobermory Harbour Association.
Discussion document produced in April 2001 about the advantages of the short sea crossing. i.e. services terminating in Tobermory with passengers driving to Craigenure to catch the ferry to Oban.
2000.40.1
Audio cassette recording of Iain Clark giving a public talk at An Iodhlann on 2/4/2000.
Iain Clark talks in An Iodhlann in April 2000 about his connection with Coll, his many happy memories of holidays there, the day the `Nevada` went aground off Coll in 1942 and its subsequent salvage, diet, radio, rationing and his first shooting experience. (Continues on AC200)
2000.40.2
Audio cassette recording of Iain Clark giving a public talk at An Iodhlann on 2/4/2000.
(Continued from AC199) Discussion about the shipwreck and salvage of the `Nevada` between Iain Clark and members of the audience following his talk in An Iodhlann in April 2000.
2000.15.5
Unloading petrol drums off the M.V. ‘Loch Carron’ at Gott Bay pier
Photograph of petrol drums being unloaded from the M.V. ‘Loch Carron’ at Gott Bay pier.
Courtesy of Mrs Maggie Campbell
This photographs shows 44-gallon drums of petrol and diesel being unloaded from the M.V. ‘Loch Carron’ at Gott Bay pier. There were two petrol outlets on the island in the late 1970s: one at the pier-head owned by the West Highland Crofters & Farmers and the other at Browns’ shop in Balemartine.
Petrol was sold in Scarinish at a number of sites from the late 1920s onwards. The first pumps in the west end were installed in 1947 by Chrissie MacArthur who then owned the shop in Balemartine. There were also pumps in Balephuil between 1960 and 1972.
In 1991 the island faced a fuel crisis when the shop in Balemartine was sold to the Baptist Church and the ‘Crofters’ went into liquidation. In spring 1992 pumps were installed at the pier-head garage and the following year at the garage in Crossapol. Fuel is now delivered by bowser.
Colour photograph of the MV Loch Carron.
Loading petrol drums on the MV Loch Carron at Gott Bay pier.