Scan of first report about the Met Station at Cornaig dated September 1926.
First report dated 15-17/9/1926 made by J. J. Somerville about the site, outfit, exposure and observer of the Met Station at Cornaig School and the possibility of installing a phone line.
Scanned document giving the history of telegraphic communications to Cornaig Sub-post Office 1924-1935.
History of telecommunications to Cornaig Sub-post Office as affecting the Met Station from 1924-1935.
Photocopied information about the Met Office Telegraphic Reporting Station on Tiree.
History of the Met station at Cornaigmore from 1924 to 1956
Photocopied letter from Donald O. Maclean dated 7/9/1925 to Major Goldie at the Edinburgh Met Office.
Letter from Donald O. Maclean dated 7/9/1925 to Major Goldie at the Edinburgh Met Office about the erection of a telephone line to Cornaigmore and the five individuals prepared to stand guarantor for the annual running cots.
Photocopied letter from the Assistant Director of the Air Ministry Met Office dated 7/2/1925 to the Superintendent of the Edinburgh Met Office.
Letter from the Assistant Director of the Air Ministry Met Office dated 7/2/1925 to the Superintendent of the Edinburgh Met Office about a proposed visit to Tiree to assess the situation re a telegraph or telephone line to Cornaigmore.
Photocopied letter to Mr A. H. Ross, headmaster of Cornaigmore School, dated 14/4/1925 from the Superintendent of Edinburgh Met Office about delaying the telegraphic weather reporting station on Tiree until guarantors can be found to bear 40% of the costs required by the Post Office.
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Photocopied letter to the Director of Education, Argyll County Council, dated 26/5/1925 from the Superintendent of the Edinburgh Met Office proposing that the headmaster of Cornaig School is employed as the observer for the weather reporting station at a rate of £50 p.a. The equipment and duties involved are listed.
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Photocopied letter from the Superintendent of the Edinburgh Met Office dated 13/6/1925 to the Air Ministry Met Office in London about the guarantors required by the Post Office in respect of the extension of the telephone line and replacement of the headmaster of Cornaig School when Mr Ross leaves.
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Black and white postcard of Scarinish harbour.
View of Scarinish harbour with the hotel on the left and the Mary Stewart on the right. Behind the Mary Stewart are the radio masts built in 1942 and demolished shortly afterwards.
O/S 2nd edition map sheet LXIV.12 showing British Telecom lines.
O/S map sheet LXIV.12 of the Reef area used by British Telecom to show telephone lines, scale 1:2,500.
