Pages from the Edinburgh Gazette 1961, 1977 & 1989 regarding water extraction from Loch a` Phuill
Photocopied pages from the Edinburgh Gazette 1961, 1977 & 1989 regarding the laws pertaining to water extraction from Loch a` Phuill and release of effluent into Abhainn Bhi from the water treatment works.
Old glass `Schweppe` bottle
Tall, round-bottomed glass bottle found in the dump behind Baugh Surgey in 2012. Pale clear glass with large raised lettering all around bottle reading “J.Schweppe & Co., 51 Berners Street, Oxford Street, genuine superior, aerated waters”. Probably used for administering medicines.
Composition about water, transport, heating and lighting in the Cornaig School building and grounds from the 1920s to 1970s. Written by Archie MacKinnon, Cornaigmore, who was the school janitor from 1952 to 1992.
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Photograph of the windmill that pumped water to Cornaig School during the 1970s
Black & white photograph of the windmill on the shore of Loch Bhasapol that pumped water to header tanks at Cornaig School. Danny Gillespie in the foreground was preparing the windmill for demolition when the photo was taken during the 1970s. Sitting next to Danny is Iain Baker (son of the policeman, Jimmy Baker), with Bobby MacLean (Bobby Mhialuim) in the background.
Newsletter `An Tirisdeach`, No. 362, 11/2/2006.
Local news and events including SVQ training at the Scarinish Hotel, freight on fuel tankers, Scottish Water`s refusal to connect new developments and an update from Tiree Rural Development.
Newsletter `An Tirisdeach`, No. 357, 26/11/2005.
Local news and events including the community vote for a wind turbine, article by district councillor Ian Gillies about fuel prices, water supply to new homes and air services to Oban, the SABB grounded at airport because of high winds, and news from the Tiree Association, WRI, youth club, RSPB, school and Tiree broadband.
Newsletter `An Tirisdeach`, No. 355, 29/10/2005.
Local news and events including the Tiree Community wind turbine proposal, Tiree Heritage Society summer events, the Wave Classic, news from the councillor Ian Gillies about the Health Board and water shortages, Tiree Community Council, news from Lodge Tir an Eorna, and news from the school and RSPB.
Newsletter `An Tirisdeach, No 215, 12/2/2000.
Local news and events including extra money for the Council, the future of CalMac, increases in water rates and news from the youth club, RSPB, the school and An Iodhlann.
Effy Thomson and her daughter Cathie pumping water from a well at Ruaig
Photograph of Euphemia Thomson with her daughter Catherine pumping water from a well at Ruaig in 1944.
Courtesy of Ms Cathie Thomson
In this photograph taken in 1944, Cathie Thomson is watching her mother Effie pump water from a well at Ruaig. Before the mains water supply became generally available in the 1950s, most houses had their own well.
Wells were made by lowering open-ended concrete boxes about one metre square into a suitable hole dug in the ground. The sand or soil would then be dug out from the bottom of the box and another box laid on top until the well was around three to four metres deep.
The well would be covered with a slab and a hand pump installed. Before the days of concrete, wells would be lined with stones, a dangerous job as the water-logged soil was liable to collapse.
Black and white photograph of Euphemia Clark of Ruaig and her daughter Catherine Ann Thomson.
Euphemia Thomson nee Clark of Ruaig with her daughter Catherine Ann drawing water from the pump in Ruaig in 1944. (Original in Filing Cabinet 8 drawer 3)
Letter from Scottish Water delivered to customers on Tiree during July 2004.
Letter from Scottish Water about water shortages delivered to customers on Tiree during July 2004.
