Photographs and other items used for the 'Swifts and Queens' booklet
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TitlePhotographs and other items used for the 'Swifts and Queens' booklet
ReferenceGD176/1/2
Date1860-1984
Scope and ContentPhotograph of the hulk of the Charlotte Dundas at Falkirk in 1860; extract from the Kirkintilloch Herald showing the last boats passing through the Forth and Clyde Canal, 20 Nov 1963; photographs of horse drawn barge trips on the Canal at Ruchill Street, 1974; photograph of the May Queen and Canon Company's Lighter No. 9, 1871; photocopies of an illustration of an 1831 Manchester Steamer; illustration of a canal passage boat; advertisement for the starting of new passage boats between Lock 16 and Port Dundas, 1809; photograph of the puffer Perfection, built in Kirkintilloch, 1916; photograph of TSMV Lochbuie in Kelvin Dock, Maryhill, 1938; photographs of the launch of the Innisagra, at P MacGregor and Sons yard, Kirkintilloch, 1912; photograph of a picture of Thomas, Lord Dundas of Kesse; photocopy extracts from 'Transactions of the Royal Scottish Society of Arts' Volume 1, giving a description of a Polyphotal Lamp, 1841; photocopies of various tickets used on the Swifts; photocopies of an advertisement showing the fares charged by the Swift passenger boats, 1842; illustration of a canal passage boat; advertisement showing fares carged by the Fairy Queen, 1915; advertisement showing fares charged on the Forth and Clyde Canal Coach from Stirling to Glasgow; various rough drafts of the booklet cover.
Extent22 items
Level of descriptionfile
Repository nameEast Dunbartonshire Archives - Kirkintilloch