MAID OF CUMBRAE leaves Kirn on her return cruise to Hunter's Quay

MAID OF CUMBRAE arrives at Hunter's Quay after an afternoon cruise to Rothesay

Clyde puffer WARLIGHT leaves Bonawe with a cargo of Tarred Chips for Salen (Loch Sunart)

   On 13 August 1955 Ross & Marshall’s steam Puffer WARLIGHT had loaded 150 tons of Tarred Chips (used in road-making) at Bonawe – account of J & A Gardner Quarry at Bonawe) and brought the cargo to Salen (Loch Sunart, Ardnamurchan Peninsula).

   WARLIGHT discharged her cargo on 15 and 16 August with her crew shovelling the chips (a hard, strenuous job … your writer has done this on PIBROCH) into a large ship’s bucket which was hoisted by the ship’s derrick from the hold and tipped into lorries on the pier.

   The puffer then left Salen and steamed down the Sound of Mull, past Oban and through the Firth of Lorne to Crinan, and travelling through the Crinan Canal to Ardrishaig and making for Furnace (near Lochgilphead in Loch Fyne), arriving at Furnace on 17 August.

   There that afternoon WARLIGHT loaded 160 tons of Crushed Granite (for account of William Sim & Co. Ltd., Glasgow) from the local quarry then left Furnace making her way to Glasgow where she would discharge at Custom House Quay on 18 August.

Clyde puffer WARLIGHT arrives at Salen (Loch Sunart) with a cargo of Tarred Chips from Bonawe

   On 13 August 1955 Ross & Marshall’s steam Puffer WARLIGHT had loaded 150 tons of Tarred Chips (used in road-making) at Bonawe – (account of J & A Gardner Quarry at Bonawe) and brought the cargo to Salen (Loch Sunart, Ardnamurchan Peninsula).

   WARLIGHT discharged her cargo on 15 and 16 August with her crew shovelling the chips (a long, hard and strenuous job … your writer has done this on PIBROCH) into a large ship’s bucket which was hoisted by the ship’s derrick from the hold and tipped into lorries on the pier.

   The puffer then left Salen and steamed down the Sound of Mull, past Oban and through the Firth of Lorne to Crinan, and travelling through the Crinan Canal to Ardrishaig and making for Furnace (near Inverary in Loch Fyne), arriving at Furnace on 17 August.

   There that afternoon WARLIGHT loaded 160 tons of Crushed Granite (for account of William Sim & Co. Ltd., Glasgow) from the local quarry then left Furnace making her way to Glasgow where she would discharge at Custom House Quay on 18 August.

Paddle steamer WAVERLEY leaves Gourock on an excursion cruise to Brodick and Whiting Bay

Paddle steamer CALEDONIA leaves Ardrossan on an excursion cruise to Millport, Dunoon and Arrochar

Clyde puffer WARLIGHT leaves Salen (Loch Sunart) for Furnace (Loch Fyne)

   On 13 August 1955 Ross & Marshall’s steam Puffer WARLIGHT had loaded 150 tons of Tarred Chips (used in road-making) at Bonawe – account of J & A Gardner Quarry at Bonawe) and brought the cargo to Salen (Loch Sunart, Ardnamurchan Peninsula).

   WARLIGHT discharged her cargo on 15 and 16 August with her crew shovelling the chips (a hard, strenuous job … your writer has done this on PIBROCH) into a large ship’s bucket which was hoisted by the ship’s derrick from the hold and tipped into lorries on the pier.

   The puffer then left Salen and steamed down the Sound of Mull, past Oban and through the Firth of Lorne to Crinan, and travelling through the Crinan Canal to Ardrishaig and making for Furnace (near Lochgilphead in Loch Fyne), arriving at Furnace on 17 August.

   There that afternoon WARLIGHT loaded 160 tons of Crushed Granite (for account of William Sim & Co. Ltd., Glasgow) from the local quarry then left Furnace making her way to Glasgow where she would discharge at Custom House Quay on 18 August.

DUCHESS OF HAMILTON leaves Gourock on an excursion cruise to Brodick and Whiting Bay

Clyde puffer WARLIGHT arrives at Furnace (Loch Fyne) to load 160 tons of Crushed Granite for Glasgow

   On 13 August 1955 Ross & Marshall’s steam Puffer WARLIGHT had loaded 150 tons of Tarred Chips (used in road-making) at Bonawe – account of J & A Gardner Quarry at Bonawe) and brought the cargo to Salen (Loch Sunart, Ardnamurchan Peninsula).

   WARLIGHT discharged her cargo on 15 and 16 August with her crew shovelling the chips (a hard, strenuous job … your writer has done this on PIBROCH) into a large ship’s bucket which was hoisted by the ship’s derrick from the hold and tipped into lorries on the pier.

   The puffer then left Salen and steamed down the Sound of Mull, past Oban and through the Firth of Lorne to Crinan, and travelling through the Crinan Canal to Ardrishaig and making for Furnace (near Lochgilphead in Loch Fyne), arriving at Furnace on 17 August.

   There that afternoon WARLIGHT loaded 160 tons of Crushed Granite (for account of William Sim & Co. Ltd., Glasgow) from the local quarry then left Furnace making her way to Glasgow where she would discharge at Custom House Quay on 18 August.

Clyde puffer WARLIGHT leaves Furnace (Loch Fyne) with 160 tons of Crushed Granite for Glasgow

   On 13 August 1955 Ross & Marshall’s steam Puffer WARLIGHT had loaded 150 tons of Tarred Chips (used in road-making) at Bonawe – account of J & A Gardner Quarry at Bonawe) and brought the cargo to Salen (Loch Sunart, Ardnamurchan Peninsula).

   WARLIGHT discharged her cargo on 15 and 16 August with her crew shovelling the chips (a hard, strenuous job … your writer has done this on PIBROCH) into a large ship’s bucket which was hoisted by the ship’s derrick from the hold and tipped into lorries on the pier.

   The puffer then left Salen and steamed down the Sound of Mull, past Oban and through the Firth of Lorne to Crinan, and travelling through the Crinan Canal to Ardrishaig and making for Furnace (near Lochgilphead in Loch Fyne), arriving at Furnace on 17 August.

   There that afternoon WARLIGHT loaded 160 tons of Crushed Granite (for account of William Sim & Co. Ltd., Glasgow) from the local quarry then left Furnace making her way to Glasgow where she would discharge at Custom House Quay on 18 August.

Clyde puffer WARLIGHT arrives at Custom House Quay, Glasgow with 160 tons of Crushed Granite

   On 13 August 1955 Ross & Marshall’s steam Puffer WARLIGHT had loaded 150 tons of Tarred Chips (used in road-making) at Bonawe – account of J & A Gardner Quarry at Bonawe) and brought the cargo to Salen (Loch Sunart, Ardnamurchan Peninsula).

   WARLIGHT discharged her cargo on 15 and 16 August with her crew shovelling the chips (a hard, strenuous job … your writer has done this on PIBROCH) into a large ship’s bucket which was hoisted by the ship’s derrick from the hold and tipped into lorries on the pier.

   The puffer then left Salen and steamed down the Sound of Mull, past Oban and through the Firth of Lorne to Crinan, and travelling through the Crinan Canal to Ardrishaig and making for Furnace (near Lochgilphead in Loch Fyne), arriving at Furnace on 17 August.

   There that afternoon WARLIGHT loaded 160 tons of Crushed Granite (for account of William Sim & Co. Ltd., Glasgow) from the local quarry then left Furnace making her way to Glasgow where she would discharge at Custom House Quay on 18 August.

Paddle steamer CALEDONIA leaves Ardrossan on excursion cruise to Millport, Rothesay, Tighnabruaich

MAID OF CUMBRAE leaves Hunter's Quay on an afternoon cruise to Kirn, Dunoon, Largs and Rothesay

MAID OF CUMBRAE leaves Kirn on an afternoon cruise to Dunoon, Largs and Rothesay

MAID OF CUMBRAE leaves Dunoon on an afternoon cruise to Largs and Rothesay