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Author: Robert Jeffrey Publisher: Black & White Publishing Ltd ISBN: 1785301438 Category : Transportation Languages : en Pages : 196
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There is barely a corner of the five great oceans where Clyde-built is not recognised as the ultimate shipbuilding accolade. As late as the 1950s, around a seventh of the total of the world’s sea going tonnage was built on the Clyde. It is not a particularly wide river, nor spectacularly long – it is certainly no Mississippi or Amazon – but its fame is legendary. From the many yards on its banks, north and south, en route from the gentle hills of Lanarkshire to the Firth of Clyde, came engineering innovation and fabled names in shipping – iconic vessels like the Cutty Sark and the Delta Queen, fearsome warships like the mighty Hood, and the cream of the world’s great liners, the Cunard Queens and the beautiful white Empress vessels. All that and cargo carrying workhorses that opened up the world. More recent times have seen the phoenix-like revival of Ferguson Shipbuilders, the last remaining yard on the Lower Clyde, saved from closure by industrialist Jim McColl and now investing in the hybrid technology of the future that has thrown a lifeline to this once great yard. This is the fascinating, often turbulent, story of a great river, its great ships and the folk who built them.
Author: Dan McDonald Publisher: ISBN: 9781899863129 Category : Coasters (Ships) Languages : en Pages : 48
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The lack of a pier was no obstacle to the Clyde Puffer Her crew would beach her, unload in the shallows and watch the customers wade in and pick up the cargo. Dan McDonald was one of few landsmen to sail with the puffermen, and here his knowledge is illustrated with a collection of photographs.
Author: Mandy Hamilton Publisher: Birlinn Limited ISBN: 9781780271040 Category : Cooking Languages : en Pages : 160
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In 1975 the last surviving Clyde Puffer--a small, steam-powered cargo ship--was found derelict in Whitby Harbor. It was lovingly restored and now plies up and down the west coast of Scotland throughout the summer every year, carrying thousands of passengers on an idyllic cruise through some of the finest scenery on earth. Part of the experience that has drawn Puffer enthusiasts back again and again are the delicious meals prepared for them in the tiny galley, which has no electricity but limitless supplies of boiling water, as befits a steam vessel. Authors Mandy Hamilton and David Hawson have combined the wonderfully varied recipes that have been cooked on board over the years with stunning photography of unforgettable land and seascapes and exuberant paintings of food, fish, flowers, fauna, and the wonderful Puffer itself. The result is a unique cookbook that captures the magic of the Clyde and the Hebrides and will make the perfect keepsake for lovers of the region, anyone who enjoys Scottish cooking, and the Puffer's innumerable fans.
Author: Robert Jeffrey Publisher: Black & White Publishing Ltd ISBN: 1785301438 Category : Transportation Languages : en Pages : 196
Book Description
There is barely a corner of the five great oceans where Clyde-built is not recognised as the ultimate shipbuilding accolade. As late as the 1950s, around a seventh of the total of the world’s sea going tonnage was built on the Clyde. It is not a particularly wide river, nor spectacularly long – it is certainly no Mississippi or Amazon – but its fame is legendary. From the many yards on its banks, north and south, en route from the gentle hills of Lanarkshire to the Firth of Clyde, came engineering innovation and fabled names in shipping – iconic vessels like the Cutty Sark and the Delta Queen, fearsome warships like the mighty Hood, and the cream of the world’s great liners, the Cunard Queens and the beautiful white Empress vessels. All that and cargo carrying workhorses that opened up the world. More recent times have seen the phoenix-like revival of Ferguson Shipbuilders, the last remaining yard on the Lower Clyde, saved from closure by industrialist Jim McColl and now investing in the hybrid technology of the future that has thrown a lifeline to this once great yard. This is the fascinating, often turbulent, story of a great river, its great ships and the folk who built them.
Author: Guthrie Hutton Publisher: ISBN: 9781840334142 Category : Coasters (Ships) Languages : en Pages : 48
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Old photographs with extensive captions about these delightful little boats which plied the waters of the West Coast of Scotland in the twentieth century and were immortalised in Neil Munro's The Vital Spark. This book includes many rare photographs, previously unpublished, including a number by Dan McDonald. The vessels featured are Sealight, Nelson, Hannibal, Hero, Caesar, Norman, Victor, Druid, Dane, Saxon, Melissa, Vital Spark, The Maggie, Boer, Inca, Na Kiel, Cretan, Moor, Turk, Slav, Texan, Kildonan, Anzac, Lasca, Spartan, Stormlight, Kaffir, Chindit, Ardfern, Staffinch, Innishowen, Innisclora, Eva, Clydegate, Perfection, Ashdale Glen, Arab, Hafton, Logan, Kype, Mellite, Limelight, Crysto, Starlight, Skylight, Sitka, Raylight, Arclight, Moonlight, Paulgate, Ormsa, Inchcolm, Lucullite, Arran Rose, Garmoyle, Northinch, Stronshira, Glencloy, Thistle, Mary Stewart, Glenholm, Invercloy, Glen Rosa, Barrington, Lady Bute, River Cloy, Jenny, Lythe, Petrel, Faithful, Lady Isle, Cuban, Cloch Lass, Toward Lass, Cumbrae Lass, Pibroch, Texa, Glen Fyne, Auld Reekie, Louise, Helena and Eilean Easdale.
Author: Roy Fenton Publisher: Liverpool University Press ISBN: 1837646554 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 288
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The book is the first to detail the 170-year evolution of the powered bulk carriers which continue to have a major role in the world’s trades and economies. Their design and technological development is traced from the screw colliers of the 1850s which revolutionised the British coastal coal trade. The same engineering principles were applied to produce ocean-going steam and later motor tramps. By the end of the 19th century, the capabilities and economies of these ‘black freighters’ had captured from the sailing ship much of the world’s trade in bulk commodities. In the second half of the 20th century, the tramps in turn evolved into multi-purpose, dry bulk carriers. These workhorses of the sea transport commodities including metallic ores, grain, coal, timber and other minerals. Quantities of up to 400,000 tons are carried in the largest, specialised ore carriers. In a parallel development, applying the same technical principles produced smaller yet efficient steam and later motor coasters which came to dominate short sea shipping. The book concludes with a discussion of how the economies of transportation provided by bulk carriers have had profound effects on industrialisation, globalisation and the world’s economy, and discusses the environmental impact of these ships.
Author: Nick Thorpe Publisher: Abacus ISBN: 0748114556 Category : Travel Languages : en Pages : 281
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One clear morning in May, Nick Thorpe left his Edinburgh flat, ducked off the commuter route and hitched a ride aboard a little white canal boat, heading west towards the sea. It was the first mutinous step in a delightful boat-hopping odyssey that would take him 2500 miles through Scotland's canals, lochs and coastal waters, from the industrial Clyde to the scattered islands of Viking Shetland. Writing with characteristic humour and candour, the award-winning author of EIGHT MEN AND A DUCK plots a curiously existential voyage, inspired by those who have left the warm hearth for the promise of a stretched horizon. Whether rowing a coracle with a chapter of monks, scanning for the elusive Nessie, hitting the rocks with Captain Calamity or clinging to the rigging of a tall ship, Thorpe weaves a narrative that is by turns funny and poignant - a nautical pilgrimage for any who have ever been tempted to try a new path just to see where it might take them. Part travelogue, part memoir, ADRIFT IN CALEDONIA is a unique and affectionate portrait of a sea-fringed nation - and of the drifter's quest to belong.
Author: Alan Bold Publisher: Univ of Massachusetts Press ISBN: 9780870237140 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 506
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A biography of Scottish poet Hugh MacDiarmid (1892-1978). Examines not only his literary career in both Scots and English verse, but also his political work as a communist, cofounder of the Scottish National Party, and frequent candidate for Parliament. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland,
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