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Swanage
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Swanage is a coastal town and civil parish in the south east of Dorset, England. It is situated at the end of the Isle of Purbeck. In the 2011 census the parish and two electoral wards had a population of 9,601. Nearby are Ballard Down and Old Harry Rocks, with Studland Bay, within the parish are Durlston Bay and Durlston Country Park to the south of the town. The parish also includes the areas of Herston, just to the west of the town, and Durlston, just to the south. The town, originally a port and fishing village, flourished in the Victorian era. During its history the bay was listed variously as Swanawic, Swanwich and Sandwich, the town is located at the eastern end of the Jurassic Coast, a World Heritage Site. The town contains many listed buildings and two conservation areas – Swanage Conservation Area and Herston Conservation Area, while fishing is likely the towns oldest industry, quarrying has been important to the town and the local area since at least the 1st century AD. During the time of the Roman occupation this industry grew, with the distinctive Purbeck marble being used for purposes in buildings as far away as London. When the Romans left Britain, quarrying largely ceased until the 12th century, the town is first mentioned in historical texts in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle of 877. A hundred Danish ships which had survived the battle were driven by a storm onto Peveril Point, a monument topped by cannonballs was built in 1882 by John Mowlem to celebrate this event and is situated at the southern end of the seafront promenade. In the 12th century demand for Purbeck Marble grew once again, while Purbeck marble is not suited to external use, as it does not weather well, it is however strong and suitably decorative for use as internal columns. As such the stone was used in the construction of large churches. In contrast to the decorative Purbeck marble, Purbeck limestone, or more commonly Purbeck stone, has used in construction locally since the early days of quarrying on Purbeck. Its use is well documented as it was taken for granted as the default construction materials in the area. However, the arrival of modern quarrying techniques in the 17th century resulted in an increase in production. The Great Fire of London in 1666 led to a period of reconstruction in the city. It was in time that stone first started being loaded upon ships directly from the Swanage seafront
Swanage
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Swanage
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Globe at
Durlston Country Park
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Town Hall main entrance
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Panorama of Swanage, looking north-west from
Peveril Point
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United Kingdom
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The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom or Britain, is a sovereign country in western Europe. Lying off the north-western coast of the European mainland, the United Kingdom includes the island of Great Britain, Northern Ireland is the only part of the United Kingdom that shares a land border with another sovereign state—the Republic of Ireland. The Irish Sea lies between Great Britain and Ireland, with an area of 242,500 square kilometres, the United Kingdom is the 78th-largest sovereign state in the world and the 11th-largest in Europe. It is also the 21st-most populous country, with an estimated 65.1 million inhabitants, together, this makes it the fourth-most densely populated country in the European Union. The United Kingdom is a monarchy with a parliamentary system of governance. The monarch is Queen Elizabeth II, who has reigned since 6 February 1952, other major urban areas in the United Kingdom include the regions of Birmingham, Leeds, Glasgow, Liverpool and Manchester. The United Kingdom consists of four countries—England, Scotland, Wales, the last three have devolved administrations, each with varying powers, based in their capitals, Edinburgh, Cardiff and Belfast, respectively. The relationships among the countries of the UK have changed over time, Wales was annexed by the Kingdom of England under the Laws in Wales Acts 1535 and 1542. A treaty between England and Scotland resulted in 1707 in a unified Kingdom of Great Britain, which merged in 1801 with the Kingdom of Ireland to form the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Five-sixths of Ireland seceded from the UK in 1922, leaving the present formulation of the United Kingdom of Great Britain, there are fourteen British Overseas Territories. These are the remnants of the British Empire which, at its height in the 1920s, British influence can be observed in the language, culture and legal systems of many of its former colonies. The United Kingdom is a country and has the worlds fifth-largest economy by nominal GDP. The UK is considered to have an economy and is categorised as very high in the Human Development Index. It was the worlds first industrialised country and the worlds foremost power during the 19th, the UK remains a great power with considerable economic, cultural, military, scientific and political influence internationally. It is a nuclear weapons state and its military expenditure ranks fourth or fifth in the world. The UK has been a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council since its first session in 1946 and it has been a leading member state of the EU and its predecessor, the European Economic Community, since 1973. However, on 23 June 2016, a referendum on the UKs membership of the EU resulted in a decision to leave. The Acts of Union 1800 united the Kingdom of Great Britain, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have devolved self-government
United Kingdom
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Stonehenge, in
Wiltshire, was erected around 2500 BC.
United Kingdom
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Flag
United Kingdom
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The
Bayeux Tapestry depicts the
Battle of Hastings, 1066, and the events leading to it.
United Kingdom
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The
Treaty of Union led to a single united kingdom encompassing all Great Britain.
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Paddle Steamer Preservation Society
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The Paddle Steamer Preservation Society is a United Kingdom-based registered charity and owner of two working paddle steamers, PS Kingswear Castle and PS Waverley. Over the next month a number of letters of support appeared in the Telegraph, the first meeting was held on 8 November 1959 in Southampton where the name Paddle Steamer Preservation Society was adopted, with Dr Alan Robinson as founder. Poet Laureate Sir John Betjeman held the position of Patron of the PSPS from 1960 until his death in 1984, the Society acquired its first paddle steamer PS Kingswear Castle in 1967 and was given PS Waverley in 1974. Both have been restored and are fully operational. The Society membership has increased from the 15 persons present at the first meeting to over 3,000 members worldwide, the PSPS Collection holds in excess of 50,000 objects ranging from posters, souvenirs and paintings through to fittings from long-departed paddle steamers. In addition to owning two operational paddle steamers the Society also supports other paddle steamer projects including PS Maid of the Loch, Paddle Steamer Preservation Society Paddle Steamer Kingswear Castle Trust Waverley Excursions
Paddle Steamer Preservation Society
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Paddle Steamer Preservation Society
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London and North Eastern Railway
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The London and North Eastern Railway was the second largest of the Big Four railway companies created by the Railways Act 1921 in Britain. It operated from 1 January 1923 until nationalisation on 1 January 1948, at that time, it was divided into the new British Railways Eastern Region, North Eastern Region, and partially the Scottish Region. Sir Ralph Wedgwood was the Chief Officer for its first 16 years, the North Eastern Railway had the largest route mileage,1,757 miles, the Hull and Barnsley Railway just 106.5 miles. The M&GNJR was incorporated into the LNER in 1936, in 1933, on the formation of the London Passenger Transport Board, the LNER acquired the remaining operations of the Metropolitan Railway Company. The LNER was the majority partner in the Cheshire Lines Committee, the LNER covered the area north and east of London. It included the East Coast Main Line from London to Edinburgh via York and Newcastle upon Tyne, most of the country east of the Pennines was within its purview, including East Anglia. The main workshops were in Doncaster, with others at Darlington, Inverurie and Stratford, the LNER inherited four of Londons termini, Fenchurch Street (ex-London and Blackwall Railway, Kings Cross, Liverpool Street, and Marylebone. In addition, it ran suburban services to Broad Street and Moorgate, on 13 February 1923, an express passenger train overran signals at Retford, Nottinghamshire and was in a rear-end collision with a freight train. On 23 December 1923, a passenger train overran signals and was in collision with a light engine at Belford. On 28 July 1924, a train overran signals and collided with another at Haymarket station, Edinburgh. On 12 May 1926, during the General Strike, a passenger train was deliberately derailed south of Cramlington. On 7 August 1926, a multiple unit overran signals and was in collision with a freight train at Manors station, Newcastle upon Tyne. The accident was caused by the tying down the controller with a handkerchief. When he leant out of the train he struck an overbridge and was killed, the train was able to continue moving until the collision. On 14 February 1927, two trains were in a head-on collision at Hull Paragon station, Yorkshire due to a signalmans error. Twelve people were killed and 24 were injured, on 27 February 1927, an express passenger train collided with a light engine at Penistone, Yorkshire due to a signalmans error. On 17 August 1928, a train collided with a lorry on a level crossing at Shepreth. On 27 June 1928, a train was in a head-on collision with a parcels train that was being shunted at Darlington
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London and North Eastern Railway
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Timetable for Autumn 1926 detailing the resumption of services after the
General Strike
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Detail of LNER teak panelled coaches, preserved on the
Severn Valley Railway
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The most famous of the A1/A3 Class locomotives, A3 4472
Flying Scotsman
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Caledonian Steam Packet Company
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The Caledonian Steam Packet Company provided a scheduled shipping service, carrying freight and passengers, on the west coast of Scotland. Formed in 1889 to complement the services of the Caledonian Railway, in 1973, they were merged with MacBraynes as Caledonian MacBrayne. Rival railway companies, the Caledonian Railway, the North British Railway, the CR failed to attract private ship owners to their new extension from Greenock to the fishing village of Gourock. The CR began operating steamers on its own account in 1889, the Caledonian Steam Packet Company was formed as a packet company in May 1889, with Captain James Williamson as secretary and manager. Nominally an independent company, they bought the ships needed to operate services to. On withdrawal of the Wemyss Bay Steamboat Company in 1890, CSP took over services to Rothesay, Largs, in June 1890, they established a service to Arran from the Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway railhead at Ardrossan. In the years followed, there was significant investment in piers. At the same time the NBR also amalgamated with other railways to create the London and North Eastern Railway, in 1935, Williamson-Buchanan Steamers was taken over by the Caledonian Steam Packet Company. In 1945, the Caledonian Steam Packet Company took responsibility for the Kyleakin to Kyle of Lochalsh ferry, with nationalisation in 1948, the LMS and LNER fleets were amalgamated as Clyde Shipping Services, under the control of the British Transport Commission. In 1957 a reorganisation restored the Caledonian Steam Packet Company name, the headquarters remained at Gourock pierhead. At the end of December 1968 management of the Caledonian Steam Packet Company passed to the Scottish Transport Group, the MacBrayne service from Gourock to Ardrishaig ended on 30 September 1969, leaving the Clyde services entirely to the Caledonian Steam Packet Company. On 1 January 1973 the Caledonian Steam Packet Co
Caledonian Steam Packet Company
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PS Waverley lying in Brodick Bay in front of
Brodick Castle, waiting for the car ferry to leave before returning to the pier
Caledonian Steam Packet Company
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Paddle Steamer Duchess of Montrose
Caledonian Steam Packet Company
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TS Queen Mary laid up in harbour at
Greenock in 1981. The funnel was later removed and replaced with two smaller ones, as the ship originally had.
Caledonian Steam Packet Company
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Paddle Steamer Maid of the Loch at
Balloch Pier.
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Glasgow
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Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland, and third largest in the United Kingdom. Historically part of Lanarkshire, it is now one of the 32 council areas of Scotland and it is situated on the River Clyde in the countrys West Central Lowlands. Inhabitants of the city are referred to as Glaswegians, Glasgow grew from a small rural settlement on the River Clyde to become the largest seaport in Britain. From the 18th century the city grew as one of Great Britains main hubs of transatlantic trade with North America. Glasgow was the Second City of the British Empire for much of the Victorian era and Edwardian period, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries Glasgow grew in population, reaching a peak of 1,128,473 in 1939. The entire region surrounding the conurbation covers about 2.3 million people, at the 2011 census, Glasgow had a population density of 8, 790/sq mi, the highest of any Scottish city. Glasgow hosted the 2014 Commonwealth Games and is well known in the sporting world for the football rivalry of the Old Firm between Celtic and Rangers. Glasgow is also known for Glasgow patter, a dialect that is noted for being difficult to understand by those from outside the city. Glasgow is the form of the ancient Cumbric name Glas Cau. Possibly referring to the area of Molendinar Burn where Glasgow Cathedral now stands, the later Gaelic name Baile Glas Chu, town of the grey dog, is purely a folk-etymology. The present site of Glasgow has been settled since prehistoric times, it is for settlement, being the furthest downstream fording point of the River Clyde, the origins of Glasgow as an established city derive ultimately from its medieval position as Scotlands second largest bishopric. Glasgow increased in importance during the 10th and 11th centuries as the site of this bishopric, reorganised by King David I of Scotland and John, there had been an earlier religious site established by Saint Mungo in the 6th century. The bishopric became one of the largest and wealthiest in the Kingdom of Scotland, bringing wealth, sometime between 1189 and 1195 this status was supplemented by an annual fair, which survives as the Glasgow Fair. Glasgow grew over the following centuries, the first bridge over the River Clyde at Glasgow was recorded from around 1285, giving its name to the Briggait area of the city, forming the main North-South route over the river via Glasgow Cross. The founding of the University of Glasgow in 1451 and elevation of the bishopric to become the Archdiocese of Glasgow in 1492 increased the towns religious and educational status and landed wealth. Its early trade was in agriculture, brewing and fishing, with cured salmon and herring being exported to Europe, Glasgow was subsequently raised to the status of Royal Burgh in 1611. The citys Tobacco Lords created a water port at Port Glasgow on the Firth of Clyde. By the late 18th century more than half of the British tobacco trade was concentrated on Glasgows River Clyde, at the time, Glasgow held a commercial importance as the city participated in the trade of sugar, tobacco and later cotton
Glasgow
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Clockwise from top-left: View of
Glasgow Science Centre, Duke of Wellington statue outside
Gallery of Modern Art,
Royal Exchange Square, cityscape view from
The Lighthouse, Gilbert Scott Building of
University of Glasgow,
Finnieston Crane,
Glasgow City Chambers
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The
seal or signet of
Jocelin,
Bishop of Glasgow, founder of the burgh of Glasgow.
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Shipping on the Clyde,
Atkinson Grimshaw, 1881.
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Glasgow University in the 1890s
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IMO number
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The International Maritime Organization number is a unique reference for ships and for registered ship owners and management companies. IMO numbers were introduced under the SOLAS Convention to improve safety and security. For ships, the IMO number remains linked to the hull for its lifetime, regardless of a change in name, flag, or owner. The ship number consists of the three letters IMO followed by a unique number assigned to sea-going merchant ships under the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea. In 1987 the IMO adopted Resolution A, in the SOLAS Convention cargo ships means ships which are not passenger ships. Passenger ships should carry the marking on a horizontal surface visible from the air. When introduced, the IMO adopted the existing unique ship numbers applied to ships listed by Lloyds Register since 1963, IMO ship identification numbers are assigned by IHS Fairplay. For new vessels the IMO number is assigned to a hull during construction, the IMO ship identification number is made of the three letters IMO followed by the seven-digit number. This consists of a six-digit sequential unique number followed by a check digit, the integrity of an IMO number can be verified using its check digit. This is done by multiplying each of the first six digits by a factor of 2 to 7 corresponding to their position from right to left, the rightmost digit of this sum is the check digit. For example, for IMO9074729, + + + + + =139, in May 2005, IMO adopted a new SOLAS regulation XI-1/3-1 on the mandatory company and registered owner identification number scheme, with entry into force on 1 January 2009. Like the IMO ship number, the identification number is a seven-digit number with the prefix IMO
IMO number
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"IMO 8814275" on
Eendracht
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Stern of "Evangelia" displaying "IMO 9176187" and
port of registry ("Majuro"). In addition to the current name parts of the ship's former names are visible: "Cornelie Oldendorff" and "Asia Melody". The ship's current name is "Evangeli" (as of 2007)
IMO number
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"IMO 9319466" on the helideck of
M/S Finnmaid
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Horsepower
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Horsepower is a unit of measurement of power. There are many different standards and types of horsepower, two common definitions being used today are the mechanical horsepower, which is approximately 746 watts, and the metric horsepower, which is approximately 735.5 watts. The term was adopted in the late 18th century by Scottish engineer James Watt to compare the output of engines with the power of draft horses. It was later expanded to include the power of other types of piston engines, as well as turbines, electric motors. The definition of the unit varied among geographical regions, most countries now use the SI unit watt for measurement of power. With the implementation of the EU Directive 80/181/EEC on January 1,2010, units called horsepower have differing definitions, The mechanical horsepower, also known as imperial horsepower equals approximately 745.7 watts. It was defined originally as exactly 550 foot-pounds per second [745.7 N. m/s), the metric horsepower equals approximately 735.5 watts. It was defined originally as 75 kgf-m per second is approximately equivalent to 735.5 watts, the Pferdestärke PS is a name for a group of similar power measurements used in Germany around the end of the 19th century, all of about one metric horsepower in size. The boiler horsepower equals 9809.5 watts and it was used for rating steam boilers and is equivalent to 34.5 pounds of water evaporated per hour at 212 degrees Fahrenheit. One horsepower for rating electric motors is equal to 746 watts, one horsepower for rating Continental European electric motors is equal to 735 watts. Continental European electric motors used to have dual ratings, one British Royal Automobile Club horsepower can equal a range of values based on estimates of several engine dimensions. It is one of the tax horsepower systems adopted around Europe, the development of the steam engine provided a reason to compare the output of horses with that of the engines that could replace them. He had previously agreed to take royalties of one third of the savings in coal from the older Newcomen steam engines and this royalty scheme did not work with customers who did not have existing steam engines but used horses instead. Watt determined that a horse could turn a mill wheel 144 times in an hour, the wheel was 12 feet in radius, therefore, the horse travelled 2.4 × 2π ×12 feet in one minute. Watt judged that the horse could pull with a force of 180 pounds-force. So, P = W t = F d t =180 l b f ×2.4 ×2 π ×12 f t 1 m i n =32,572 f t ⋅ l b f m i n. Watt defined and calculated the horsepower as 32,572 ft·lbf/min, Watt determined that a pony could lift an average 220 lbf 100 ft per minute over a four-hour working shift. Watt then judged a horse was 50% more powerful than a pony, engineering in History recounts that John Smeaton initially estimated that a horse could produce 22,916 foot-pounds per minute
Horsepower
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A team of six horses mowing hay in
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
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Triple expansion
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A steam engine is a heat engine that performs mechanical work using steam as its working fluid. Steam engines are combustion engines, where the working fluid is separated from the combustion products. Non-combustion heat sources such as power, nuclear power or geothermal energy may be used. The ideal thermodynamic cycle used to analyze this process is called the Rankine cycle, in the cycle, water is heated and transforms into steam within a boiler operating at a high pressure. When expanded through pistons or turbines, mechanical work is done, the reduced-pressure steam is then exhausted to the atmosphere, or condensed and pumped back into the boiler. Specialized devices such as hammers and steam pile drivers are dependent on the steam pressure supplied from a separate boiler. The use of boiling water to mechanical motion goes back over 2000 years. The Spanish inventor Jerónimo de Ayanz y Beaumont obtained the first patent for an engine in 1606. In 1698 Thomas Savery patented a steam pump that used steam in direct contact with the water being pumped, Saverys steam pump used condensing steam to create a vacuum and draw water into a chamber, and then applied pressurized steam to further pump the water. Thomas Newcomens atmospheric engine was the first commercial steam engine using a piston. In 1781 James Watt patented an engine that produced continuous rotary motion. Watts ten-horsepower engines enabled a range of manufacturing machinery to be powered. The engines could be sited anywhere that water and coal or wood fuel could be obtained, by 1883, engines that could provide 10,000 hp had become feasible. The stationary steam engine was a key component of the Industrial Revolution, the aeolipile described by Hero of Alexandria in the 1st century AD is considered to be the first recorded steam engine. Torque was produced by steam jets exiting the turbine, in the Spanish Empire, the great inventor Jerónimo de Ayanz y Beaumont obtained a patent for the first steam engine in history in 1603. Thomas Savery, in 1698, patented the first practical, atmospheric pressure and it had no piston or moving parts, only taps. It was an engine, a kind of thermic syphon, in which steam was admitted to an empty container. The vacuum thus created was used to water from the sump at the bottom of the mine
Triple expansion
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An 1817
Boulton & Watt beam
blowing engine, used in
Netherton at the ironworks of M W Grazebrook. Re-erected on the A38(M) in Birmingham, UK
Triple expansion
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A
mill engine from
Stott Park Bobbin Mill, Cumbria, England
Triple expansion
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A
steam locomotive from
East Germany. This
class of engine was built in 1942–1950 and operated until 1988.
Triple expansion
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Jacob Leupold Steam engine 1720
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Greenock
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Greenock is a town and administrative centre in the Inverclyde council area in Scotland and a former burgh within the historic county of Renfrewshire, located in the west central Lowlands of Scotland. It forms part of an urban area with Gourock to the west. The 2011 census showed that Greenock had a population of 44,248 and it lies on the south bank of the Clyde at the Tail of the Bank where the River Clyde expands into the Firth of Clyde. The name of the town has had various spellings over time and it was printed in early Acts of Parliament as Grinok, Greenhok, Grinock, Greenhoke, Greinnock, and later as Greinok. Old Presbyterial records used Grenok, a common spelling until it was changed to Greenock around 1700 and it has also been suggested that Grian cnoc or sunny hill could refer to the hill on which the castle and mansion house stood, but this has not found much support. The towns modern indoor shopping centre is called The Oak Mall, the name is also recalled in a local song. Significantly, no green oak appears on the coat of arms which features the three chalices of the Shaw Stewarts, a sailing ship in full sail and two herring above the motto God Speed Greenock. Hugh de Grenock was created a Scottish Baron in 1296, around 1540 the adjoining barony of Finnart was passed to the Schaw family, extending their holdings westward to the boundary of Gourock, and in 1542 Sir John Schaw founded Wester Greenock castle. The coast of Greenock formed a bay with three smaller indentations, the Bay of Quick was known as a safe anchorage as far back as 1164. To its east, a sandy bay ran eastwards from the Old Kirk, the fishing village of Greenock developed along this bay, and around 1635 Sir John Schaw had a jetty built into the bay which became known as Sir Johns Bay. In that year he obtained a Charter raising Greenock to a Burgh of Barony with rights to a weekly market, further east, Saint Laurence Bay curved round past the Crawfurd Barony of Easter Greenock to Garvel Point. When a pier was built making the bay an important harbour, in 1642 it was made into the Burgh of Barony of Crawfurdsdyke, and part of the ill-fated Darien Scheme set out from this pier in 1697. This town was later renamed Cartsdyke, the fishing trade grew prosperous, with barrels of salted herring exported widely, and shipping trade developed. As seagoing ships could not go further up the River Clyde, a separate Barony of Cartsburn was created, the first baron being Thomas Craufurd. The work was completed in 1710, with quays extended out into Sir Johns Bay to enclose the harbour, in 1711 the shipbuilding industry was founded when Scotts leased ground between the harbour and the West Burn to build fishing boats. A whaling business operated for about 40 years, in 1714 Greenock became a custom house port as a branch of Port Glasgow, and for a period this operated from rooms leased in Greenock. Receipts rose rapidly from the 1770s, and in 1778 the custom house moved to new premises at the West Quay of the harbour. By 1791 a new pier was constructed at the East Quay, in 1812 Europes first steamboat service was introduced by PS Comet with frequent sailings between Glasgow, Greenock and Helensburgh, and as trade built up the pier became known as Steamboat Quay
Greenock
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View northwest over Greenock and the River Clyde, with the
Caribbean Princess at Greenock Ocean Terminal
Greenock
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The harbour, c. 1838
Greenock
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The Cut – visitor centre
Greenock
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The Cut –
aqueduct
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Ferry
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A ferry is a merchant vessel used to carry passengers, and sometimes vehicles and cargo as well, across a body of water. Most ferries operate regular return services, a passenger ferry with many stops, such as in Venice, Italy, is sometimes called a water bus or water taxi. Ferries form a part of the transport systems of many waterside cities and islands. However, ship connections of much larger distances may also be called ferry services, the profession of the ferryman is embodied in Greek mythology in Charon, the boatman who transported souls across the River Styx to the Underworld. Speculation that a pair of oxen propelled a ship having a wheel can be found in 4th century Roman literature Anonymus De Rebus Bellicis. Though impractical, there is no reason why it could not work and such a ferry, see When Horses Walked on Water, Horse-Powered Ferries in Nineteenth-Century America. The Marine Services Company of Tanzania offers passenger and cargo services in three of the African Great Lakes viz, Lake Victoria, Lake Tanganyika and Lake Nyasa. It also operates one of the oldest ferries in the region, Ferries from Great Britain also sail to Belgium, Denmark, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain and Ireland. Some ferries carry mainly tourist traffic, but most also carry freight, in Britain, car-carrying ferries are sometimes referred to as RORO for the ease by which vehicles can board and leave. The busiest single ferry route is across the part of Øresund. Before the Øresund bridge was opened in July 2000, car and car & train ferries departed up to seven times every hour, in 2013, this has been reduced, but a car ferry still departs from each harbor every 15 minutes during daytime. The route is around 2.2 nautical miles and the crossing takes 22 minutes, today, all ferries on this route are constructed so that they do not need to turn around in the harbors. This also means that the ferries lack natural stems and sterns, due to the same circumstances, starboard and port-side are dynamic and depending of in what direction the ferry sails. Despite the short crossing, the ferries are equipped with restaurants, cafeteria, kiosks, large cruiseferries sail in the Baltic Sea between Finland, Åland, Sweden, Estonia, Latvia and Saint Petersburg, Russia and from Italy to Sardinia, Corsica, Spain and Greece. In many ways, these ferries are like cruise ships, also many smaller ferries operate on domestic routes in Finland, Sweden and Estonia. The south-west and southern parts of the Baltic Sea has several routes mainly for heavy traffic, on the longer of these routes, simple cabins are available. In Istanbul, ferries connect the European and Asian shores of Bosphorus, as well as Princes Islands, in 2014 İDO transported 47 million passengers, the largest ferry system in the world. Due to the numbers of freshwater lakes and length of shoreline in Canada
Ferry
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The
Staten Island Ferry in the United States shuttles
commuters between
Manhattan and
Staten Island in
New York City, the world's busiest ferry route.
Ferry
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A typical car ferry in
Istanbul,
Turkey
Ferry
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Passenger area of a Norwegian ferry
Ferry
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MV Victoria (formerly
RMS Victoria) at Bukoba Port in Lake Victoria.
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Paddle steamer
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A paddle steamer is a steamship or riverboat powered by a steam engine that drives paddle wheels to propel the craft through the water. In antiquity, paddle wheelers followed the development of poles, oars and sails, modern paddle wheelers may be powered by diesel engines. The paddle wheel is a steel framework wheel. The outer edge of the wheel is fitted with numerous, regularly-spaced paddle blades, the bottom quarter or so of the wheel travels underwater. An engine rotates the wheel in the water to produce thrust. More advanced paddle wheel designs feature feathering methods that keep each paddle blade closer to vertical while in the water to increase efficiency, the upper part of a paddle wheel is normally enclosed in a paddlebox to minimise splashing. There are two ways to mount paddle wheels on a ship, either a single wheel on the rear, known as a sternwheeler, or a paddle wheel on each side. Both sternwheelers and sidewheelers were used as riverboats in the United States, some still operate for tourists, for example on the Mississippi River. Sidewheelers are used as riverboats and as coastal craft and this extra maneuverability makes sidewheelers popular on the narrower, winding rivers of the Murray-Darling system in Australia, where a number still operate. European sidewheelers, such as the PS Waverley, connect the wheels with solid drive shafts that limit maneuverability, some were built with paddle clutches that disengage one or both paddles so they can turn independently. However, wisdom gained from experience with sidewheelers deemed that they be operated with clutches out. Crews noticed that as ships approached the dock, passengers moved to the side of the ready to disembark. The shift in weight, added to independent movements of the paddles, could lead to imbalance, in a simple paddle wheel, where the paddles are fixed around the periphery, power is lost due to churning of the water as the paddles enter and leave the water surface. Ideally, the paddles should remain vertical while under water and this ideal can be approximated by use of levers and linkages connected to a fixed eccentric. The eccentric is fixed slightly forward of the wheel centre. It is coupled to each paddle via a rod and lever, the geometry is designed such that the paddles are kept almost vertical for the short duration that they are in the water. One of the drawings of the Anonymous Author of the Hussite Wars shows a boat with a pair of paddle-wheels at each end turned by men operating compound cranks. In 1704, the French physicist Denis Papin constructed the first ship powered by his steam engine and this made him the first to construct a steam-powered boat
Paddle steamer
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SS Natchez IX Sternwheeler paddleboat in
Louisiana
Paddle steamer
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The
Advance American Civil War
blockade-runner Sidewheel steamer
Paddle steamer
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Left:
Riveted steel
paddle wheel from a paddle steamer on the lake of Lucerne. Right: detail of a steamer.
Paddle steamer
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Morgan's feathering paddlewheel (Steam and the Steam Engine, Evers)
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Craigendoran
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Craigendoran is a suburb at the eastern end of Helensburgh in Scotland, on the northern shore of the Firth of Clyde. The name is from the Gaelic for the rock of the otter and it is served by Craigendoran railway station. Craigendoran pier was next to the station, with the connecting with Clyde steamers. This pier has since closed and fallen into disrepair, hermitage Academy is on the eastern outskirts of Craigendoran
Craigendoran
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Craigendoran pier
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Firth of Clyde
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The Kilbrannan Sound is a large arm of the Firth of Clyde, separating the Kintyre Peninsula from the Isle of Arran. Within the Firth of Clyde is another major island - the Isle of Bute, given its strategic location, at the entrance to the middle/upper Clyde, Bute played a vitally important military role during World War II. The Firths climate enjoys the benefit of the Gulf Stream from America, at its entrance the firth is some 26 miles wide. Its upper reaches include an area where it is joined by Loch Long and this includes the large anchorage off Greenock known as the Tail of the Bank in reference to the sandbar which separates the firth from the estuary of the River Clyde. The Clyde is still almost 2 miles wide at the sandbar, in Scottish Gaelic the landward end is called Linne Chluaidh, while the area around the south of Arran, Kintyre and Ayrshire/Galloway is An Linne Ghlas. The Firth encompasses many Islands and Peninsulas and has ferry routes connecting them to the mainland. Sometimes called the Clyde Waters, this body is customarily considered an element of the Irish Sea. The ferry services are run by Caledonian MacBrayne and by Western Ferries, a great number of sea lochs adjoin the Firth, the largest being Loch Fyne. The Cowal peninsula extends into the Firth of Clyde and forms the upper firth west shoreline. The main town on the Cowal peninsula is Dunoon and these routes across the Firth of Clyde save time, rather than traveling round by road, via Loch Eck side, the Rest and be thankful and Loch Lomond side. The service between Dunoon and Gourock in Inverclyde, operated by the Caledonian MacBrayne subsidiary Argyll Ferries LTD is a passenger only service. This service connects directly with the ScotRail service to Glasgow, Western Ferries LTD operate the service between Hunters Quay and McInroys Point near Gourock and carry all types of vehicular transport and foot passengers. This lists the towns and some of the numerous villages along the firth. There are many islands in the firth, the largest all have thriving communities and regular ferry services connecting them to the mainland. They are, Arran Bute Cumbrae The Clyde formed an important sea route from the earliest times, and the Battle of Largs in 1263 marked the turning point for the end of Viking ambitions in Britain. During World War II Glasgow and the Clyde became Britains main entry point for Allied merchant shipping, military personnel and equipment, the Clyde formed the largest base of naval ships. The area became famous worldwide for its significant contribution to yachting and yachtbuilding with notable designers including, William Fife III, Alfred Mylne, G L Watson and it was also the location of many famous yacht yards. Clyde-built wooden yachts are known for quality and style today
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The
Seamill beach looks south down the outer firth towards southern
Arran and
Ailsa Craig
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Map of the Firth of Clyde and area
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The
Holy Loch seen across the upper Firth of Clyde from
Gourock, with
Hunter's Quay to the left and
Strone to the right, with the
Caledonian MacBrayne ferry
MV Saturn arriving from
Dunoon.
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Naval operations: The German
Frigate F207 Bremen and a
Caledonian MacBrayne ferry pass the
Holy Loch.
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Arrochar, Argyll
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Arrochar, is a village located near the head of Loch Long, on the Cowal peninsula in Argyll and Bute, Scottish Highlands. The village is within the Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park, historically in Dunbartonshire, it is overlooked by a group of mountains called the Arrochar Alps, and in particular by the distinctive rocky summit of the Cobbler. It enjoys good communications as it is at the junction of the A83 and A814 roads and is served by Arrochar, in addition the A82 road runs through Tarbet two miles to the east. For over five centuries this area, the barony of Arrochar, was held by the chiefs of Clan MacFarlane. The family is Celtic in the line and native to their Highland homeland of tall peaks. The western end of Arrochar marks the boundary of Argyllshire and Dunbartonshire. However, in 1996 the boundaries of Argyll and Bute and West Dunbartonshire were substantially redrawn, bringing the area into Argyll. The photograph shows the former torpedo testing facility at the head of Loch Long and it was decommissioned in 1980 and is currently part demolished. Demolition has been stalled since a fire on the site in June 2007, torpedoes were fired up Loch Long from tubes at the front of the facility. A boat stood by to recover the torpedoes where they were returned for analysis, the now roofless shed to the left and the main part of the building have tracks where torpedoes were stored and worked on. Hoists on the first floor lowered the torpedoes into the tubes, the control room at the top looking straight down the loch housed a camera. Behind the control room, above the shed, is office accommodation. The rest of the facility included housing and workshops but these have been sold off, list of places in Argyll and Bute Map sources for Arrochar, Argyll The Official Homepage of the International Clan MacFarlane Society, Inc
Arrochar, Argyll
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Arrochar with
Ben Lomond behind, taken from the path to
The Cobbler
Arrochar, Argyll
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Arrochar Torpedo Testing Facility
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Loch Long
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Loch Long, is a body of water in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. The Sea Loch extends from the Firth of Clyde at its southwestern end and it measures approximately 20 miles in length, with a width of between 1 and 2 miles. The loch also has an arm, Loch Goil, on its western side, Loch Long forms part of the coast of the Cowal peninsula and forms the entire western coastline of the Rosneath Peninsula. Loch Long was historically the boundary between Argyll and Dunbartonshire, however, in 1996 boundary redrawing meant that it moved wholly within the council area of Argyll and Bute. Villages on the loch include Arrochar at its head and Cove on the east shore near its foot, several Scottish sea fishing records are attributed to the loch, The Ardentinny Outdoor Education Centre on the western shore uses the loch for watersports. It is now an area for diving on the numerous wrecks that scatter the loch. The Finnart Oil Terminal is located on the shore of the loch. The eastern shore is also the location of the Royal Navys Coulport Armament depot, part of HMNB Clyde, the loch was used as a testing ground for torpedoes during World War II and contains numerous wrecks. Map sources for Loch Long Gaelic place names of Scotland Map showing Loch Long, circa 1600, National Library of Scotland
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Looking down Loch Long from the torpedo testing facility. The houses to the left are at Ardmay.
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Looking across Loch Long to Ardentinny
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National Historic Fleet
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The National Historic Fleet is a list of historic ships and vessels located in the United Kingdom, under the National Historic Ships register. National Historic Ships UK is a body which advises the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport and other public bodies on ship preservation. As part of this remit, National Historic Ships maintains the National Register of Historic Vessels, as of September 2014 there are 206 vessels on the register, including museum ships, those still in active or commercial service, and a number currently laid up. Some are being restored, others have an uncertain future. Barcelona Charter Search the Registers - National Historic Fleet
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Alaska
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Albion
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Alfred Corry
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Amy Howson
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National Historic Ships
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As well as providing formal advice to funding bodies, it also gives direct assistance to vessel owners, for example through its small grants scheme and its directory of relevant skills and services. Substantially intact Inclusion on the Register is with the owners consent, the records include details of designer, builder, dimensions, construction, propulsion, service history and current location, as well as images of many of the vessels. The National Register of Historic Vessels contains a sub-group of some 200 vessels that comprise The National Historic Fleet, the National Archive of Historic Vessels includes details of vessels no longer on the NRHV because they have been scrapped, lost, or moved abroad. It also includes vessels that do not meet all the criteria for inclusion on the NRHV but are nevertheless of historic interest, there are currently over 1,000 vessels on the National Register of Historic Vessels and over 400 vessels on the National Archive of Historic Vessels. The registers provide an assessment of the significance of historic vessels. The database can also be a research tool, although confidential information about ownership etc. is always kept secure. Over 57% of historic vessels recorded on the National Register of Historic Vessels are either owned or commercially operated. Museums and charitable trusts account for 14% of the total, fully searchable versions of the databases are available on National Historic Ships website. Barcelona Charter List of museum ships National Historic Ships website
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Registered Vessels
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Sir Walter Scott
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Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet, FRSE was a Scottish historical novelist, playwright and poet. Many of his works remain classics of both English-language literature and of Scottish literature, famous titles include Ivanhoe, Rob Roy, Old Mortality, The Lady of the Lake, Waverley, The Heart of Midlothian and The Bride of Lammermoor. A prominent member of the Tory establishment in Edinburgh, Scott was an member of the Highland Society. He survived a bout of polio in 1773 that left him lame. To cure his lameness he was sent in 1773 to live in the rural Scottish Borders at his grandparents farm at Sandyknowe, adjacent to the ruin of Smailholm Tower. Here he was taught to read by his aunt Jenny, and learned from her the speech patterns and many of the tales and legends that characterised much of his work. In January 1775 he returned to Edinburgh, and that went with his aunt Jenny to take spa treatment at Bath in England. In the winter of 1776 he went back to Sandyknowe, with another attempt at a cure at Prestonpans during the following summer. In 1778, Scott returned to Edinburgh for private education to him for school. In October 1779 he began at the Royal High School of Edinburgh and he was now well able to walk and explore the city and the surrounding countryside. His reading included chivalric romances, poems, history and travel books and he was given private tuition by James Mitchell in arithmetic and writing, and learned from him the history of the Church of Scotland with emphasis on the Covenanters. Scott began studying classics at the University of Edinburgh in November 1783, at the age of 12, in March 1786 he began an apprenticeship in his fathers office to become a Writer to the Signet. While at the university Scott had become a friend of Adam Ferguson, Scott met the blind poet Thomas Blacklock, who lent him books and introduced him to James Macphersons Ossian cycle of poems. During the winter of 1786–87 the 15-year-old Scott saw Robert Burns at one of these salons, for what was to be their only meeting. When Burns noticed a print illustrating the poem The Justice of the Peace and asked who had written the poem, only Scott knew that it was by John Langhorne, and was thanked by Burns. When it was decided that he would become a lawyer, he returned to the university to study law, first taking classes in Moral Philosophy, after completing his studies in law, he became a lawyer in Edinburgh. As a lawyers clerk he made his first visit to the Scottish Highlands directing an eviction and he was admitted to the Faculty of Advocates in 1792. He had an unsuccessful love suit with Williamina Belsches of Fettercairn, as a boy, youth and young man, Scott was fascinated by the oral traditions of the Scottish Borders
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Raeburn 's portrait of Sir Walter Scott in 1822.
Sir Walter Scott
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Signature
Sir Walter Scott
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Scott's childhood at Sandyknowes, in the shadow of
Smailholm Tower, introduced him to the tales and folklore of the
Scottish Borders.
Sir Walter Scott
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The Scott's family home in
George Square, Edinburgh
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Waverley (novel)
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Waverley is a historical novel by Sir Walter Scott. Published anonymously in 1814 as Scotts first venture into prose fiction, the book became so popular that Scotts later novels were advertised as being by the author of Waverley. His series of works on similar themes written during the period have become collectively known as the Waverley Novels. It is the time of the Jacobite uprising of 1745 which sought to restore the Stuart dynasty in the person of Charles Edward Stuart, a young English dreamer and soldier, Edward Waverley, is sent to Scotland that year. But Edward has overstayed his leave and is accused of desertion and treason, the highlanders rescue him from his escort and take him to the Jacobite stronghold at Doune Castle, then on to Holyrood Palace, where he meets Bonnie Prince Charlie himself. Encouraged by the beautiful Flora Mac-Ivor, Edward goes over to the Jacobite cause, the battle is recounted in some detail. One of the soldiers who tumbles into the marsh is the Hanoverian Colonel Talbot and this man turns out to be a close friend of his Waverley uncle. When the Jacobite cause fails in 1746, Talbot intervenes to get Edward a pardon and he believed every human was basically decent regardless of class, religion, politics, or ancestry. Tolerance is a theme in his historical works. The Waverley Novels express his belief in the need for progress that does not reject the traditions of the past. He was the first novelist to portray peasant characters sympathetically and realistically, and was equally just to merchants, soldiers, the literary critic Alexander Welsh suggests that Scott exhibits similar preoccupations within his own novels. Welsh writes, The proper heroine of Scott is a blonde and her role corresponds to that of the passive hero - whom, indeed, she marries at the end. She is eminently beautiful, and eminently prudent, like the passive hero, she suffers in the thick of events but seldom moves them. The several dark heroines, no less beautiful, are less restrained from the pressure of their own feelings. They allow their feelings to dictate to their reason, rose is eminently marriageable, Flora is eminently passionate. A different interpretation of character is provided by Merryn Williams, recognising the passivity of the hero, she argues that Scotts women were thoroughly acceptable to nineteenth-century readers. They are – usually – morally stronger than men, but they do not defy them, thus, Flora will defy Waverley but not Fergus to any significant extent, and has some room to manoeuvre, even though limited, only after the latters death. The opening five chapters of Waverley are often thought to be dour and uninteresting, however, John Buchan thought the novel a riot of fun and eccentricity, seemingly a minority opinion. Scott does, however, attempt to be comic, or at least to follow the conventions of the picaresque novel, Scott uses a common humorous reference to the Old Testament story that David and supporting malcontents took refuge from Saul in a cave near the town of Adullam
Waverley (novel)
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Illustration to 1893 edition, by
J. Pettie.
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World War II
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World War II, also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although related conflicts began earlier. It involved the vast majority of the worlds countries—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing alliances, the Allies and the Axis. It was the most widespread war in history, and directly involved more than 100 million people from over 30 countries. Marked by mass deaths of civilians, including the Holocaust and the bombing of industrial and population centres. These made World War II the deadliest conflict in human history, from late 1939 to early 1941, in a series of campaigns and treaties, Germany conquered or controlled much of continental Europe, and formed the Axis alliance with Italy and Japan. Under the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact of August 1939, Germany and the Soviet Union partitioned and annexed territories of their European neighbours, Poland, Finland, Romania and the Baltic states. In December 1941, Japan attacked the United States and European colonies in the Pacific Ocean, and quickly conquered much of the Western Pacific. The Axis advance halted in 1942 when Japan lost the critical Battle of Midway, near Hawaii, in 1944, the Western Allies invaded German-occupied France, while the Soviet Union regained all of its territorial losses and invaded Germany and its allies. During 1944 and 1945 the Japanese suffered major reverses in mainland Asia in South Central China and Burma, while the Allies crippled the Japanese Navy, thus ended the war in Asia, cementing the total victory of the Allies. World War II altered the political alignment and social structure of the world, the United Nations was established to foster international co-operation and prevent future conflicts. The victorious great powers—the United States, the Soviet Union, China, the United Kingdom, the Soviet Union and the United States emerged as rival superpowers, setting the stage for the Cold War, which lasted for the next 46 years. Meanwhile, the influence of European great powers waned, while the decolonisation of Asia, most countries whose industries had been damaged moved towards economic recovery. Political integration, especially in Europe, emerged as an effort to end pre-war enmities, the start of the war in Europe is generally held to be 1 September 1939, beginning with the German invasion of Poland, Britain and France declared war on Germany two days later. The dates for the beginning of war in the Pacific include the start of the Second Sino-Japanese War on 7 July 1937, or even the Japanese invasion of Manchuria on 19 September 1931. Others follow the British historian A. J. P. Taylor, who held that the Sino-Japanese War and war in Europe and its colonies occurred simultaneously and this article uses the conventional dating. Other starting dates sometimes used for World War II include the Italian invasion of Abyssinia on 3 October 1935. The British historian Antony Beevor views the beginning of World War II as the Battles of Khalkhin Gol fought between Japan and the forces of Mongolia and the Soviet Union from May to September 1939, the exact date of the wars end is also not universally agreed upon. It was generally accepted at the time that the war ended with the armistice of 14 August 1945, rather than the formal surrender of Japan
World War II
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Clockwise from top left: Chinese forces in the
Battle of Wanjialing, Australian
25-pounder guns during the
First Battle of El Alamein, German
Stuka dive bombers on the
Eastern Front in December 1943, a U.S. naval force in the
Lingayen Gulf,
Wilhelm Keitel signing the
German Instrument of Surrender, Soviet troops in the
Battle of Stalingrad
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The
League of Nations assembly, held in
Geneva,
Switzerland, 1930
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Adolf Hitler at a German
National Socialist political rally in
Weimar, October 1930
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Italian soldiers recruited in 1935, on their way to fight the
Second Italo-Abyssinian War
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Minesweeper (ship)
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A minesweeper is a small naval warship designed to engage in minesweeping. Using various mechanisms intended to counter the threat posed by naval mines, although naval warfare has a long history, the earliest known usage of the naval mine dates to the Ming dynasty. Dedicated minesweepers, however, only appear in the record several centuries later, to the Crimean War. In the Crimean War, minesweepers consisted of British rowboats trailing grapnels to snag the mines, despite the use of mines in the American Civil War, there are no records of effective minesweeping being used. Officials in the Union Army attempted to create the first minesweeper but were plagued by flawed designs, minesweeping technology picked up in the Russo-Japanese War, using aging torpedo boats as minesweepers. In Britain, naval leaders recognized before the outbreak of World War I that the development of sea mines was a threat to the nations shipping, sir Arthur Wilson noted the real threat of the time was blockade aided by mines and not invasion. A Trawler Section of the Royal Navy Reserve became the predecessor of the mine sweeping forces with specially designed ships and these reserve Trawler Section fishermen and their trawlers were activated, supplied with mine gear, rifles, uniforms and pay as the first minesweepers. The dedicated, purpose-built minesweeper first appeared during World War I with the Flower-class minesweeping sloop, by the end of the War, naval mine technology had grown beyond the ability of minesweepers to detect and remove. Minesweeping made significant advancements during World War II, combatant nations quickly adapted ships to the task of minesweeping, including Australias 35 civilian ships that became Auxiliary Minesweepers. Both Allied and Axis countries made heavy use of minesweepers throughout the war, historian Gordon Williamson wrote that Germanys minesweepers alone formed a massive proportion of its total strength, and are very much the unsung heroes of the Kriegsmarine. Naval mines remained a threat even after the war ended, after the Second World War, allied countries worked on new classes of minesweepers ranging from 120-ton designs for clearing estuaries to 735-ton oceangoing vessels. The United States Navy even used specialized Mechanized Landing Craft to sweep shallow harbors in, as of June 2012, the U. S. Navy had four minesweepers deployed to the Persian Gulf to address regional instabilities. Minesweepers are equipped with mechanical or electrical devices, known as sweeps, mechanical sweeps are devices designed to cut the anchoring cables of moored mines, and preferably attach a tag to help the subsequent localization and neutralization. They are towed behind the minesweeper, and use a body to maintain the sweep at the desired depth. Influence sweeps are equipment, often towed, that emulate a particular ship signature, the most common such sweeps are magnetic and acoustic generators. There are two modes of operating an influence sweep, MSM and TSM, MSM sweeping is founded on intelligence on a given type of mine, and produces the output required for detonation of this mine. If such intelligence is unavailable, the TSM sweeping instead reproduces the influence of the ship that is about to transit through the area. TSM sweeping thus clears mines directed at this ship without knowledge of the mines, however, mines directed at other ships might remain
Minesweeper (ship)
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US Navy
Admirable-class minesweeper
USS Pivot in the Gulf of Mexico for sea trials on 12 July 1944
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A minesweeper cutting loose moored mines.
Minesweeper (ship)
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Siegburg, a modern
Ensdorf-class minesweeper of the
German Navy
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Dunkirk evacuation
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The operation was decided upon when large numbers of Belgian, Canadian, British, and French troops were cut off and surrounded by the German army during the Battle of France. In his We shall fight on the speech on 4 June. After Nazi Germany invaded Poland in September 1939, France and the British Commonwealth, the British Expeditionary Force was sent to aid in the defence of France. After the Phoney War, Germany invaded Belgium and the Netherlands on 10 May 1940, by 21 May, the German forces had trapped the BEF, the remains of the Belgian forces, and three French armies in an area along the northern coast of France. On 22 May 1940, an order was issued by the German High Command. This gave the trapped Allied forces time to construct defensive works and pull back large numbers of troops toward Dunkirk, to fight the Battle of Dunkirk. On the first day of the evacuation, only 7,669 men were evacuated, but by the end of the eighth day, the BEF lost 68,000 soldiers during the French campaign and had to abandon nearly all of their tanks, vehicles, and other equipment. In his speech to the House of Commons on 4 June, wars are not won by evacuations. By May 1940 the force consisted of ten divisions in three corps under the command of General John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort, working with the BEF were the Belgian Army and the French First, Seventh, and Ninth Armies. During the 1930s, the French had constructed the Maginot Line and this line had been designed to deter a German invasion across the Franco-German border and funnel an attack into Belgium, which could then be met by the best divisions of the French Army. Thus, any war would take place outside of French territory avoiding a repeat of the First World War. He believed that any enemy force emerging from the forest would be vulnerable to a pincer attack, the French commander-in-chief, Maurice Gamelin, also believed the area to be of a limited threat, noting that it never favoured large operations. With this in mind, the area was lightly defended. The initial plan for the German invasion of France called for an encirclement attack through the Netherlands and Belgium, avoiding the Maginot Line. Erich von Manstein, then Chief of Staff of the German Army Group A, prepared the outline of a different plan and submitted it to the OKH via his superior, Generaloberst Gerd von Rundstedt. Mansteins plan suggested that Panzer divisions should attack through the Ardennes, then establish bridgeheads on the Meuse River, the Germans would thus cut off the Allied armies in Belgium and Flanders. This part of the later became known as the Sichelschnitt. Adolf Hitler approved a version of Mansteins ideas, today known as the Manstein Plan
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British troops evacuating Dunkirk's beaches
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Lord Gort (gesturing, at centre) was commander of the
British Expeditionary Force.
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"Dunkirk Beaches" by
Richard Eurich
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Isle of Man Steam Packet Company vessel
Mona's Queen shortly after striking a mine on the approach to Dunkirk. 29 May 1940
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Helensburgh
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Helensburgh is a town within the Helensburgh and Lomond Area of Argyll and Bute Council, Scotland. It also has its own Community Council, in the Middle Ages it was within the Earldom of Lennox, an area sometimes referred to as The Lennox. It lies on the shore of the Firth of Clyde. Helensburgh is 25 miles north-west of Glasgow, the town faces south towards Greenock across the Firth of Clyde, which is approximately 3 miles wide at this point. Ocean-going ships can call at Greenock, but the shore at Helensburgh is very shallow, Helensburgh lies at the western mainland end of the Highland Boundary Fault. This means that the hills to the north of Helensburgh lie in the Highlands, consequently, there is a wide variety of landscape in the surrounding area – for example, Loch Lomond is only 4 miles over the hill to the north-east of Helensburgh. Although the Highland Boundary Fault is not geologically active, very minor earthquakes do occur occasionally in the area, during the last Ice Age the weight of the ice pushed the land downwards. Consequently, when the ice melted, sea levels were higher than they are now, evidence of this can clearly be seen in Helensburgh where the first two blocks of streets nearer the sea are built on a raised beach. Behind them the land rises up quite steeply for one block and then more gently –. The land, now free of the weight of the ice, is rising up. Although it has long known that there are some prehistoric remains in the Helensburgh area. However the oldest building in the town itself is Ardencaple Castle which was the home of Clan MacAulay. Today only one tower of this remains, the rest having been demolished in 1957-59. In 1752 Sir James Colquhoun, chief of the Clan Colquhoun of Luss, bought the land which was to become Helensburgh, at that time it was known by such names as Malig, Millig or Milligs. In 1776 he placed an advertisement in a Glasgow newspaper seeking to feu the land, no precise date is known for the change of name to Helensburgh. However it was probably around 1785 when Sir James decided to name the town after his wife, Lady Helen Sutherland, she was the granddaughter of the 16th Earl of Sutherland. However, for a few years both the old and new names for the town were in use and it was known for a time simply as the New Town. The towns coat of arms is based on those of the Colquhouns, Helensburgh received its burgh charter from King George III in 1802
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Colquhoun Square in Helensburgh town centre
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Hill House, Helensburgh.
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Helensburgh's "Rhu Road", looking west towards
Rhu,
Rosneath and the
Gareloch.
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Telephoto view of Helensburgh in winter, seen from
Greenock to the south.
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Transport Act 1947
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The Transport Act 1947 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Under it the railways, long-distance road haulage and various types of transport were acquired by the state. The Act was part of the agenda of Clement Attlees Labour government. In Northern Ireland, the Ulster Transport Authority acted in a similar manner, the government also nationalised other means of transport such as canals, sea and shipping ports, bus companies, and eventually, in the face of much opposition, road haulage. All of these modes, including British Railways, were brought under the control of a new body. The BTC was a part of an ambitious scheme to create a publicly owned. In theory the BTC was to co-ordinate different modes of transport, to co-operate and this was to be achieved by means of fare and rate adjustments. In practice, very little integration between modes ever materialised, the same section allowed the number and names of these Executives to be varied as necessary. The road haulage industry bitterly opposed nationalisation, and found allies in the Conservative Party, once the Conservatives were elected in 1951, road haulage was soon de-nationalised and de-regulated, but the still heavily regulated railways and buses were left under the control of the BTC. After the war the Big Four railway companies of the era were effectively bankrupt. As part of that policy British Railways was set up to run the railways, shares in the railway companies were exchanged for British Transport Stock, with a guaranteed 3% return chargeable to the BTC, and were repayable after forty years. The level of compensation paid has proved to be a matter of historical controversy, the exchange of potentially worthless private stock for government gilts based on a valuation during an artificially created boom could thus be considered a very good deal. Despite nationalisation and the creation of British Railways, the system changed little. BR was divided into six regions, Eastern, London Midland, North Eastern, Scottish. These closely mirrored the regions covered by the companies in England and Wales. The North Eastern Region was eventually amalgamated with the Eastern Region, reflecting the English operations of the 1923–1947 London, summary of the Act Text of the Act
Transport Act 1947
26.
Phthalocyanine Blue BN
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Phthalocyanine Blue BN, also called Monastral blue, phthalo blue, thalo blue, is a bright, crystalline, synthetic blue pigment from the group of phthalocyanine dyes. It was first developed as a pigment in the mid-1930s and its brilliant blue is frequently used in paints and dyes. It is highly valued for its properties such as light fastness, tinting strength, covering power and resistance to the effects of alkalies. It has the appearance of a powder, insoluble in water. The anecdotal history of the compound is that a chemist at the ICI phthalimide plant was troubled by blue contamination of the product and this was traced to a by-product formed when the phthalimide reacted with trace amounts of iron from the metal reactor. The chemist took samples of this blue and using sulfuric acid as a solvent and this was converted into the copper centered blue and sold under the trade name Monastral. Difficulty was experienced in forming stable dispersions with the first alpha forms, especially in mixtures with rutile Titanium, the beta form was more stable, as was the improved stabilized alpha form. Today, there are even more isomeric forms available, the substance, chemical name copper, is also known as monastral blue, phthalo blue, helio blue, thalo blue, Winsor blue, phthalocyanine blue, C. I. Pigment Blue 15,2, Copper phthalocyanine blue, Copper tetrabenzoporphyrazine, Cu-Phthaloblue, PB-15, PB-36, numerous other trade names and synonyms exist. The abbreviation CuPc is also used, due to its stability, phthalo blue is also used in inks, coatings, and many plastics. The pigment is insoluble and has no tendency to migrate in the material and it is a standard pigment used in printing ink and the packaging industry. A common component on the palette, phthalo blue is a cool blue with a bias towards green. It has intense tinting strength and easily overpowers the mix when combined with other colors and it is a transparent staining color and can be applied using glazing techniques. Industrial production was of the order of 10,000 tonnes pa in the 1980–90s in Japan alone, the pigment is the highest volume pigment produced. Phthalocyanine Blue BN is also used as a material for manufacture of Phthalocyanine Green G. Copper phthalocyanine, often referred to as CuPc, is also a material used in organic solar cell research. It is well suited for thin film solar cells because of its chemical stability. CuPc usually plays the role of the donor in donor/acceptor based solar cells
Phthalocyanine Blue BN
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Phthalocyanine blue pigment powder
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Caledonian MacBrayne
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Since 2006 the companys official name has been CalMac Ferries Ltd although it still operates as Caledonian MacBrayne. In 2006 it also became a subsidiary of holding company David MacBrayne Ltd, MacBraynes, initially known as David Hutcheson & Co. began in 1851 as a private steamship operator when G. and J. Their main route went from Glasgow down the Firth of Clyde through the Crinan Canal to Oban and Fort William, David Hutcheson was married to Margaret Dawson who was born at her parents home Bonnytoun House in Linlithgow. She was the sister of Adam Dawson who owned the St. Magdalene Whisky Distillery in Linlithgow, in 2011 Glasgow historian Robert Pool added over 200 letters and documents to his collection relating to David Hutcheson and the Dawson family. With the retirement of the founders of David Hutcheson & Co in the 1870s, their partner David MacBrayne gained full ownership, and changed the companys name accordingly. It remained in the hands of the MacBrayne family until 1928 when, unable to carry on, it was acquired jointly by the London, Midland and Scottish Railway and its ships featured red funnels with a black top. It extended its line to bypass the G & SW Princes Pier at Greenock and continue on to the village of Gourock. Their funnels were painted yellow with a black top, at the same time the North British Railway fleet became part of the London and North Eastern Railway. With nationalisation in 1948 the LMS and LNER fleets were amalgamated under British Railways with the name Clyde Shipping Services, in 1957 a reorganisation restored the CSP name, and in 1965 a red lion was added to each side of the black-topped yellow funnels. The headquarters remained at Gourock pierhead, at the end of December 1968 management of the CSP passed to the Scottish Transport Group, which gained control of MacBraynes the following June. The MacBrayne service from Gourock to Ardrishaig ended on 30 September 1969, funnels were now painted red with a black top, and a yellow circle at the side of the funnel featuring the red Caledonian lion. In 1974 a new car ferry service from Gourock to Dunoon was introduced with the ferries MV Jupiter, in 1990 the ferry business was spun off as a separate company, keeping the Caledonian MacBrayne brand, and shares were issued in the company. All shares were owned by the state, first in the person of the Secretary of State for Scotland, the ambitious programme ran into financial difficulties, and the service was again put out to tender. Caledonian MacBrayne won this tender, and formed a company called NorthLink Ferries Limited which began operating the Northern Isles ferry service on 6 July 2006. On 29 May 2012, NorthLink Ferries Ltd lost the contract for provision of the Northern Isles ferry services to Serco, to meet the requirements of European Union Community guidelines on state aid to maritime transport, the companys routes were put out to open tender. To enable competitive bidding on a basis, Caledonian MacBrayne was split into two separate companies on 1 October 2006. Caledonian Maritime Assets Limited retained ownership of CalMac vessels and infrastructure, including harbours and their bid for the main bundle, Clyde and Hebrides Ferry Services, succeeded and on 1 October 2007 CalMac Ferries Ltd began operating these services on a six-year contract. The Gourock to Dunoon service was the subject of a separate tender, in an interim arrangement CalMac Ferries Ltd continued to provide a subsidised service on this route, until 29 June 2011, when Argyll Ferries took over the service
Caledonian MacBrayne
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The funnel of
MV Juno
Caledonian MacBrayne
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The Caledonian MacBrayne headquarters building at
Gourock pierhead and a visit from
MV Caledonian Isles and
MV Isle of Mull
Caledonian MacBrayne
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MV Jupiter leaving Dunoon
Caledonian MacBrayne
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MV Caledonian Isles at Gourock
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Dunoon
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Dunoon, is the main town on the Cowal peninsula in the south of Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It is on the west shore of the upper Firth of Clyde, to the south of the Holy Loch, the Gantocks rocks lie off the coast at Dunoon. The history of Dunoon is dominated by two clans, Clan Lamont and Clan Campbell, during the height of Doon the Watter, the travel by steamships around the Firth of Clyde, Dunoon was a popular destination. This ceased as firstly roads improved, then the popularity of overseas travel increased, the town then became a garrison town to the United States Navy, during the height of the cold war. When the US Navy closed the base at Holy Loch in 1992, the town and surrounding area are being recognised as a destination for outdoor pursuits, including walking, running, golfing, kayaking, sailing, fishing, climbing, triathlon, and mountain biking. Local wildlife includes seals, sea otters, dolphins, basking sharks, roe deer, red deer, red squirrels, the largest annual event held in the town is the Cowal Highland Gathering. The Royal National Mòd has been held in the seven times. Dunoon Castle was built on a small, partly artificial, conical hill beside the Firth of Clyde in the 12th century, and it eventually became a royal castle with the Earls of Argyll as hereditary keepers, paying a nominal rent of a single red rose to the sovereign. The castle was destroyed during the Argyll Rising, a rebellion in 1685 against James VII, Mary, Queen of Scots visited Dunoon Castle on 26 July 1563 and granted several charters during her visit. In 1646 the Dunoon Massacre of members of Clan Lamont by members of Clan Campbell took place, there is a memorial to this event on Auchamore Road. From 1812 to the late 1960s, fleets of Clyde steamers brought holiday-makers doon the watter from Glasgow to Dunoon, the PS Waverley is the last surviving seagoing paddle steamer and berths at the breakwater when visiting Dunoon, during the Waverleys summer season on The Firth of Clyde. In 1961 as the Cold War intensified, the Holy Loch became internationally famous when the U. S, Holy Loch was, for 30 years, the home port of US Navy Submarine Squadron 14. In 1991, the Holy Loch base was deemed unnecessary following the demise of the Soviet Union, the last submarine tender to be based there, the USS Simon Lake, left Holy Loch in March 1992, leading to a major and continuing downturn in the local economy. In May 2012, Dunoon and Campbeltown were jointly named as the places in Scotland most vulnerable to a downturn in a report by the Scottish Agricultural College. The vulnerability index ranked 90 Scottish locations according to factors associated with economic, the US Navy base was the subject of the 1988 film Down Where The Buffalo Go starring Harvey Keitel, many of the scenes were shot around Dunoon and the navy base itself. Dunoon is on the west coast of the Firth of Clyde, as with the rest of the British Isles, Dunoon has a maritime climate with cool summers and mild winters. It is an exceptionally wet part of the country, particularly so for a place near sea-level, the closest Met Office weather station is at Benmore Botanic Gardens, around 7 miles north of the town centre. Recorded temperature extremes since 1960 range from 29.6 °C during July 1983 to as low as −13.9 °C during January 1982, the Cowal Highland Gathering attracts contestants and spectators from all over the world
Dunoon
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Dunoon, looking north from Castle Hill towards
Hunters Quay. The Victorian pier is to the right and the Queen's Hall is to the left
Dunoon
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Ruins of Dunoon Castle, 1830 engraving by William Miller after W. Brown
Dunoon
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Dunoon Pier in 1978
Dunoon
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The
PS Waverley leaves Dunoon Pier to sail up the
Firth of Clyde
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PS Kingswear Castle
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PS Kingswear Castle is a steamship. She is a coal-fired river paddle steamer, dating from 1924 with engines from 1904, Kingswear Castle is listed as part of the National Historic Fleet of ships of Pre-eminent National Significance. Her predecessor of the name from 1904 is now a rotted and barely recognisable hulk in the River Dart. Kingswear Castle was chartered to the United States Navy during World War II, in 1965 Kingswear Castle was withdrawn from service and became the first purchase of the Paddle Steamer Preservation Society two years later. She was then taken to the Isle of Wight and was moored at Island Harbour Marina from August 1967 to June 1971, however, due to her deteriorating condition, she was then taken to the River Medway. The PSPS also has a subsidiary, Waverley Excursions, operating Waverley, on 18 December 2012 she returned to the River Dart, under charter to the Dartmouth Steam Railway and Riverboat Company, to again run passenger trips around Dartmouth Harbour and up river to Totnes. PS Waverley PS Wingfield Castle PS Medway Queen Paddle Steamer Kingswear Castle Trust PS Kingswear Castle Paddle Steamer Preservation Society Waverley Excursions Ltd
PS Kingswear Castle
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PS Kingswear Castle
PS Kingswear Castle
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detail of paddle box, Kingswear Castle 28-4-1973 during restoration on a slipway at Medway Marina,
Rochester.
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Pound Sterling
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It is subdivided into 100 pence. A number of nations that do not use sterling also have called the pound. At various times, the sterling was commodity money or bank notes backed by silver or gold. The pound sterling is the worlds oldest currency still in use, the British Crown dependencies of Guernsey and Jersey produce their own local issues of sterling, the Guernsey pound and the Jersey pound. The pound sterling is also used in the Isle of Man, Gibraltar, the Bank of England is the central bank for the pound sterling, issuing its own coins and banknotes, and regulating issuance of banknotes by private banks in Scotland and Northern Ireland. Sterling is the fourth most-traded currency in the exchange market, after the United States dollar, the euro. Together with those three currencies it forms the basket of currencies which calculate the value of IMF special drawing rights, Sterling is also the third most-held reserve currency in global reserves. The full, official name, pound sterling, is used mainly in formal contexts, otherwise the term pound is normally used. The abbreviations ster. or stg. are sometimes used, the term British pound is commonly used in less formal contexts, although it is not an official name of the currency. The pound sterling is also referred to as cable amongst forex traders, the origins of this term are attributed to the fact that in the 1800s, the dollar/pound sterling exchange rate was transmitted via transatlantic cable. Forex brokers are sometimes referred to as cable dealers, as another established source notes, the compound expression was then derived, silver coins known as sterlings were issued in the Saxon kingdoms,240 of them being minted from a pound of silver. Hence, large payments came to be reckoned in pounds of sterlings, in 1260, Henry III granted them a charter of protection. And because the Leagues money was not frequently debased like that of England, English traders stipulated to be paid in pounds of the Easterlings, and land for their Kontor, the Steelyard of London, which by the 1340s was also called Easterlings Hall, or Esterlingeshalle. For further discussion of the etymology of sterling, see sterling silver, the currency sign for the pound sign is £, which is usually written with a single cross-bar, though a version with a double cross-bar is also sometimes seen. The ISO4217 currency code is GBP, occasionally, the abbreviation UKP is used but this is non-standard because the ISO3166 country code for the United Kingdom is GB. The Crown dependencies use their own codes, GGP, JEP, stocks are often traded in pence, so traders may refer to pence sterling, GBX, when listing stock prices. A common slang term for the pound sterling or pound is quid, since decimalisation in 1971, the pound has been divided into 100 pence. The symbol for the penny is p, hence an amount such as 50p properly pronounced fifty pence is more colloquially, quite often, pronounced fifty pee /fɪfti, pi and this also helped to distinguish between new and old pence amounts during the changeover to the decimal system
Pound Sterling
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The Hatter 's hat shows an example of the old pre-decimal system: the hat costs half a guinea (10 shillings and 6 pence)
Pound Sterling
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All frequently used coins. The coins shown are those after the extensive
2008 redesign.
Pound Sterling
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A pound = 20
shillings = 240
silver pennies (formerly)
Pound Sterling
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£1 coin (Welsh design, 2000)
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TS Queen Mary
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TS Queen Mary is a retired Clyde steamer launched in 1933 and now being preserved as a museum ship. She was built at the William Denny shipyard at Dumbarton for Williamson-Buchanan Steamers, the 871 gross registered ton steamer was powered by three direct drive steam turbines, and carried 2,086 passengers making her the largest excursion turbine on the River Clyde. In 1935 the fleet including Queen Mary passed to the London, Midland and Scottish Railway Company, and her registered owners became Williamson-Buchanan Ltd. Queen Mary II was a roomy and comfortable ship, well suited to the numbers of passengers on the route. She was a two class ship, with cabin passengers housed forward and the top deck extending aft giving steerage passengers a share of it as well as sheltered space below. Though the rest of the fleet was painted in the LMS livery with yellow funnels, she retained her white funnels, during the war, she worked on maintaining Clyde services while many other steamers became minesweepers or anti-aircraft vessels. As traffic increased in the 1950s, modifications were made, in the 1960s, a gradual change in holiday habits and a succession of summers with poor weather led to a decline in Clyde sailings. While other ships were retired, the Queen Mary II was refitted and put on cruises from Gourock to Inveraray, Brodick, the CSP had been gradually merging with the west highland ferry company MacBraynes, and in 1973 the company became Caledonian MacBrayne Ltd. After a disappointing first season, they decided to reduce their fleet, with the paddle steamer Waverley being handed to a preservation society and she was then laid up in the East India Harbour, Greenock. In 1981 the ship was bought by the Lau family and taken south to London to become a floating restaurant and she underwent a £2. 5m refurbishment in 1997 and was moored at Victoria Embankment. Facilities included two bars and two rooms and the top deck of the ship was used as an open-air venue with bar facilities. In November 2009, the ship was towed out of London and she was purchased by Samuel Boudon who had plans for her renovation and mooring in La Rochelle, France as a floating restaurant and fitness centre. However, she remained moored in Tilbury Docks, in 2012 a charitable group, Friends of the TS Queen Mary, was formed with the goal of returning the ship to a permanent berth in Glasgow, Scotland. In 2013 the ships owner, Ranjan Chowdhury, was criticised in the media for attempting to sell the remaining brass propellor. By February 2015 Queen Mary was prevented by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency from leaving the Port of Tilbury until made seaworthy, in October 2015 the Glasgow-based charity Friends of TS Queen Mary purchased the ship. In May 2016, after being made seaworthy, the Queen Mary was towed from Tilbury to Greenock, the ships return to the Firth of Clyde on 16 May 2016 was her first visit to her former home since 1981. Queen Mary was berthed in James Watt Dock throughout the summer of 2016, on 1 September 2016, following a successful campaign to raise money to repair and repaint the ships hull, Queen Mary was towed into the adjacent Garvel Drydock. A complete repaint of the hull, and structural repairs were made to the ship throughout the course of a month, on 1 October 2016 Queen Mary returned to James Watt Dock, resplendent in a new coat of paint
TS Queen Mary
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TS Queen Mary on the Thames in 2007. With original two funnels and current configuration.
TS Queen Mary
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Queen Mary moored on the
Victoria Embankment on 16 October 2009
TS Queen Mary
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TS Queen Mary, Tilbury. July 22, 2013
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MV Balmoral
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MV Balmoral is a vintage excursion ship owned by the MV Balmoral Fund Ltd. a preservation charity. Her principal area of operation is the Bristol Channel, although she also operates day excursions to parts of the United Kingdom. The Balmoral is included on the National Historic Ships register as part of the National Historic Fleet, Balmoral was built as a ferry by John I. Thornycroft & Company at Woolston in 1949, for the Southampton, Isle of Wight, Limited, more normally known as the Red Funnel line. As built, Balmoral could carry up to 10 cars on her aft car deck, Red Funnel ceased operating excursions in 1968, after which Balmoral was acquired by P & A Campbell. She moved to the Bristol Channel, where she became part of P&A Campbells White Funnel Fleet until 1980, Balmoral moved to Dundee to become a floating restaurant. This was unsuccessful and the ship was placed for sale again, at this time the Waverley Steam Navigation Co. Ltd were looking for another vessel to operate alongside the worlds last seagoing paddle steamer, Balmoral was purchased by them and subjected to a major refit. As part of this, her car deck was enclosed to form an area that is now in use as a dining saloon, Balmoral returned to the Bristol Channel in 1986. Since then the ship has operated a season of excursions around the Bristol Channel. In winter 2002, Balmoral received new engines, her original twin 6-cyl Newbury Sirron diesels were removed and replaced with a pair of Danish-built Grenaa diesel engines and this work was partially funded by a grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund. Today Balmoral can accommodate up to 800 passengers and has a restaurant on board. In December 2012 Waverley Excursions and Waverley Steam Navigation announced that Balmoral would not be sailing in 2013, the ships operation has been hampered increasingly in recent years by extreme weather conditions. In 2015, ownership of MV Balmoral was transferred to a new registered charity MV Balmoral Fund Limited, following a refit costing over £300,000 and with help from a Coastal Communities Fund Grant, Balmoral started public sailing again on 19 June 2015. List of classic vessels MV Balmoral – Vintage Excursion Ship
MV Balmoral
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The Balmoral arriving at
Bristol
MV Balmoral
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the car deck in 1974 at
Minehead
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Great Yarmouth
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Great Yarmouth, often known to locals as Yarmouth, is a coastal town in Norfolk, England. It is located at the mouth of the River Yare,20 miles east of Norwich, the town has been a seaside resort since 1760, and is the gateway from the Norfolk Broads to the North Sea. The discovery of oil in the North Sea in the 1960s led to an oil rig supply industry. More recently, the development of energy sources, especially offshore wind power, has created further opportunities for support services. A wind farm of 30 generators is within sight of the town on the Scroby Sands, the town has a beach and two piers. The town itself is on a 3. 1-mile spit sandwiched between the North Sea and River Yare and its well-known features include the historic rows and the main tourist sector on the seafront. The area is linked to Gorleston, Cobholm and Southtown by Haven Bridge and to the A47 and A149 by the Breydon Bridge. The urban area that makes up the town of Great Yarmouth has an area of 8.3 sq mi and it is the main town in the larger Borough of Great Yarmouth. The ONS identify a Great Yarmouth Urban Area, which has a population of 68,317, including the sub-areas of Caister-on-Sea, the wider borough of Great Yarmouth has a population of around 92,500, increasing to 97,277 at the 2011 census. Great Yarmouth lies near the site of the Roman fort camp of Gariannonum at the mouth of the River Yare and its situation having attracted fishermen from the Cinque Ports, a permanent settlement was made, and the town numbered 70 burgesses before the Norman Conquest. Henry I placed it under the rule of a reeve, in 1101 the Church of St Nicholas was founded by Herbert de Losinga, the first Bishop of Norwich, and consecrated in 1119. This was to be the first of several priories founded in what was a trading centre of considerable importance. In 1208, King John granted a charter to Great Yarmouth, a hospital was founded in Yarmouth in the reign of Edward I by Thomas Fastolfe. In 1551, a school founded and the great hall of the old hospital was appropriated to its use. The school was closed from 1757 to 1860, was re-established by the charity trustees, in 1552 Edward VI granted a charter of admiralty jurisdiction, later confirmed and extended by James I. In 1668 Charles II incorporated Little Yarmouth in the borough by a charter which with one brief exception remained in force until 1703, in 1673 during the Third Anglo-Dutch War the Zealand Expedition was assembled in the town. In 1797, during the French Revolutionary Wars, the town was the supply base for the North Sea Fleet. The fleet collected at the roadstead, from whence it sailed to the decisive Battle of Camperdown against the Dutch fleet, again in 1807, during the Napoleonic Wars, the fleet collected at and sailed from the roadstead to the Battle of Copenhagen
Great Yarmouth
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Great Yarmouth Town Hall, Hall Quay (opened: 1883; architect: J.B. Pearce)
Great Yarmouth
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Regent Road
Great Yarmouth
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The 133-foot-tall
Britannia Monument, built in 1817.
Great Yarmouth
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Britannia Pier in 1930.
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Heritage Lottery Fund
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The Heritage Lottery Fund was established in the United Kingdom under the National Lottery etc. The Fund opened for applications in 1994, although HLF is branded as though a body in its own right, it is administered by a pre-existing non-departmental public body – the Board of Trustees of the National Heritage Memorial Fund. The turnover of HLF is considerably larger than the work of the NHMF. Decisions about policies and large applications are made by the Trustees of the NHMF, there are also decision-making committees in the English regions, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Head office is in London, with offices in nine English regions and in Scotland, Wales. The Heritage Lottery Fund offers a range of different grant programmes from £3,000 to over £5 million
Heritage Lottery Fund
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This sign indicates a Heritage Lottery funded project
Heritage Lottery Fund
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Heritage Lottery Fund logo
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HMS Defender (D36)
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HMS Defender is the fifth of the Type 45 or Daring-class air-defence destroyers built for the Royal Navy. She is the ship to bear the name. Construction of Defender began in 2006, and she was launched in 2009, the ship completed her first sea trials in October–November 2011, and was commissioned during March 2013. Defenders construction began at the BAE Systems Naval Ships yard at Govan on the River Clyde in July 2006, the launch date was 21 October 2009. On 21 October 2011, Defender left Scotstoun shipyard in Glasgow on her maiden voyage exactly two years to the day after she was launched, to conduct her first stage of sea trials and these trials were completed in mid-November. On 9 March 2012, she again left the Clyde to commence a second round of trials. The ship left Scotstoun on 21 July 2012 on her voyage and entered Portsmouth at 10,00 on 25 July 2012 where BAE Systems. At 14,00 that day she raised her White Ensign for the first time as a Royal Naval vessel under the command of Commander Phil Nash, Defender was commissioned on 21 March 2013. She stopped off at her home on the Clyde for final testing and was open to members of the public on Saturday 30 November 2013 before going into active service, the vessels were held back by bad weather and had anchored in the Moray Firth. Defender was part of Operation Shader, employed as an air defence guard ship for the US Carrier Task Force 50, the ship sailed on 19 October 2015 for a second deployment to the Middle East region. On 18 November, it was announced Defender would deploy alongside Frances Charles de Gaulle carrier battle group and this was in response to Frances activation of article 42.7 of the European Union Treaty. On 27 April 2016, Defender escorted the ocean liner RMS Queen Mary 2 through the Gulf of Oman, in June 2016, Defender, in conjunction with Australian and French ships, seized a total haul of 1020 kg of hashish from a fishing dhow south of Oman
HMS Defender (D36)
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History
HMS Defender (D36)
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Badge:
HMS Defender (D36)
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HMS Defender prior to launch.
HMS Defender (D36)
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HMS Defender escorting
USS George H.W. Bush during Operation Shader on 1 October, 2014.
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Institution of Mechanical Engineers
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The Institution of Mechanical Engineers is an independent engineering society, headquartered in central London, that represents mechanical engineers. The Institution was founded at the Queens Hotel, Birmingham, by George Stephenson in 1847 and it received a Royal Charter in 1930. The Institutions headquarters, purpose-built for the Institution in 1899, are situated at One Birdcage Walk, the first woman to be elected to the Institution was Verena Holmes in 1919. The Institution of Mechanical Engineers was founded on 27 January 1847, in the Queens Hotel next to Curzon Street railway station in Birmingham by the railway pioneer George Stephenson and others. Charles Beyer proposed that George Stephenson become the Institutions first President in 1847, followed by his son, Robert Stephenson, Beyer became Vice President and was one of the first to present papers to the Institution, Charles Geach was the IMechEs first treasurer. Throughout the 19th and 20th centuries some of Britains most notable engineers held the position of President, including Joseph Whitworth, Carl Wilhelm Siemens and it operated from premises in Birmingham until 1877 when it moved to London, taking up its present headquarters on Birdcage Walk in 1899. Upon its move to London in 1877, the Institution rented premises at No 10 Victoria Chambers, in 1895 the Institution bought a plot of land at Storeys Gate, on the eastern end of Birdcage Walk, for £9,500. Architect Basil Slade looked to the newly completed Admiralty buildings facing the site for inspiration, the building was designed in the Queen Anne, streaky bacon, style in red brick and Portland stone. In 1933 architect James Miller, who designed the neighbouring Institution of Civil Engineers, remodelled the building, expanding the library. The building would go on to host the first public presentation of Frank Whittles jet engine in 1945, in 1943 it became the venue for the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers planning of Operation Overlord and the invasion of Normandy. AMIMechE, Associate Member of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, this is the grade for graduates MIMechE, for those who meet the educational and professional requirements for registration as a Chartered Engineer or Incorporated Engineer or Engineering Technician in Mechanical Engineering. FIMechE, Fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers and this is the highest class of elected membership, and is awarded to individuals who have demonstrated exceptional commitment to and innovation in mechanical engineering. The Engineering Heritage Awards were created in 1984 to help recognise and promote the value of artefacts, locations, collections, along with The Manufacturer, the Institution also runs The Manufacturer MX Awards, and Formula Student, the worlds largest student motorsport event. As of 2016, there have been 131 presidents of the Institution, the first president was George Stephenson, followed by his son Robert. Joseph Whitworth, John Penn and William Armstrong are the persons to have served two terms. Pamela Liversidge in 1997-98 was the first female president and Professor Isobel Pollock became the second in May 2012, the Institution of Mechanical Engineers has a number of committees that work to promote and develop thought leadership in different industry sectors. This committee offers, seminars, lectures and conferences every year, the Journal of Engineering in Medicine, the Railway Division was formed in 1969 when IMechE amalgamated with the Institution of Locomotive Engineers
Institution of Mechanical Engineers
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One Birdcage Walk
Institution of Mechanical Engineers
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George Stephenson
Institution of Mechanical Engineers
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Annual dinner of the Institution in the carriage works of the Midland Railway at Derby in 1898. Samuel Johnson, the railway's Chief Mechanical Engineer was the institution president.
Institution of Mechanical Engineers
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Pamela Liversidge, First female President (2014 photograph)
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Engineering Heritage Award
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In 1984, IMechE launched its Engineering Heritage Hallmark Scheme. For an object or artefact etc. to be considered for an award, upon submission, two referees would be appointed, one nominated by the Regional Committee where the object is located and a second independent referee. The submissions from both referees would then be reviewed by the Institutions Technical Support department before a decision was taken on the application, in 2007, the Institution established the Heritage Committee to relaunch and promote the now renamed Engineering Heritage Awards. It simplified the process, making it more transparent and with a quicker decision-making process. Furthermore, the criteria were changed, and the Institutions own library, the Award plaque was also redesigned. Since 1984, the presented to EHHS and EHA recipients have changed four times. The original plaque was a blue ceramic disc approximately 40 cm in wide and this was replaced in the 1990s by a rectangular steel plate mounted on a wooden base. With the launch of the Engineering Heritage Awards in 2008, a new cast plaque was created and this was slightly modified in 2009 to reflect the rebranding of the Institution. On 25 October 2011, the Engineering Heritage Awards were added to the Institution of Mechanical Engineers iPhone, users can now sort the awards by A-Z, type and location. The app can be downloaded from the Apple App Store, the app is in addition to the Engineering Heritage Award compendium. Engineers Australia § Engineering Heritage Recognition Program IMechE Official website Engineering Heritage Awards website IMechE Information and Library website
Engineering Heritage Award
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Whittle W2/700 Engine
Engineering Heritage Award
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The Original EHHS Blue Plaque which was used until the early 1990s
Engineering Heritage Award
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The final EHHS Plaque design. This plaque was discontinued in 2006.
Engineering Heritage Award
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EHA plaque design used for three awards. Picture courtesy of Terry Whalebone.
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Marine steam engine
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A marine steam engine is a steam engine that is used to power a ship or boat. Reciprocating steam engines were replaced in marine applications during the 20th century by steam turbines. The first commercially successful engine was developed by Thomas Newcomen in 1712. The steam engine improvements brought forth by James Watt in the half of the 18th century greatly improved steam engine efficiency. In 1807, the American Robert Fulton built the worlds first commercially successful steamboat, simply known as the North River Steamboat, following Fultons success, steamboat technology developed rapidly on both sides of the Atlantic. The first successful transatlantic crossing by a steamship occurred in 1819 when Savannah sailed from Savannah, Georgia to Liverpool, the first steamship to make regular transatlantic crossings was the sidewheel steamer Great Western in 1838. As the 19th century progressed, marine engines and steamship technology developed alongside each other. A wide variety of reciprocating steam engines were developed over the course of the 19th century. The two main methods of classifying such engines are by connection mechanism and cylinder technology, most early marine engines had the same cylinder technology but a number of different methods of supplying power to the crankshaft were in use. Thus, early engines are classified mostly according to their connection mechanism. Some common connection mechanisms were side-lever, steeple, walking beam, however, steam engines can also be classified according to their cylinder technology. One can therefore sometimes find examples of engines which were classified under both methods, such as the walking beam. Over time, as most engines became direct-acting but cylinder technologies were growing more complex, Some of the more commonly encountered types of marine steam engine are listed in the following sections. Note that not all of these terms may have been used exclusively in relation to marine applications, the side-lever engine was the first type of steam engine to be widely adopted for marine use in Europe. The side-lever was an adaptation of the earliest form of steam engine and these levers extended, on the cylinder side, to each side of the bottom of the vertical engine cylinder. A piston rod, connected vertically to the piston, extended out of the top of the cylinder and this rod attached to a horizontal crosshead which, at each end, was connected to vertical rods. These rods connected down to the levers on each side of the cylinder and this formed the connection of the levers to the piston on the cylinder side of the engine. The other side of the levers were connected to each other with a horizontal crosstail and this crosstail in turn connected to and operated a single connecting rod, which turned the crankshaft
Marine steam engine
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Period cutaway diagram of a triple-expansion steam engine installation, circa 1918
Marine steam engine
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Side-lever engine of
SS Pacific (1849)
Marine steam engine
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Side-lever engine of
RMS Persia (1855)
Marine steam engine
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Early Napier side-lever engine from PS Leven, on display at
Dumbarton,
Scotland
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Scotland
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Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and covers the northern third of the island of Great Britain. It shares a border with England to the south, and is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, with the North Sea to the east. In addition to the mainland, the country is made up of more than 790 islands, including the Northern Isles, the Kingdom of Scotland emerged as an independent sovereign state in the Early Middle Ages and continued to exist until 1707. By inheritance in 1603, James VI, King of Scots, became King of England and King of Ireland, Scotland subsequently entered into a political union with the Kingdom of England on 1 May 1707 to create the new Kingdom of Great Britain. The union also created a new Parliament of Great Britain, which succeeded both the Parliament of Scotland and the Parliament of England. Within Scotland, the monarchy of the United Kingdom has continued to use a variety of styles, titles, the legal system within Scotland has also remained separate from those of England and Wales and Northern Ireland, Scotland constitutes a distinct jurisdiction in both public and private law. Glasgow, Scotlands largest city, was one of the worlds leading industrial cities. Other major urban areas are Aberdeen and Dundee, Scottish waters consist of a large sector of the North Atlantic and the North Sea, containing the largest oil reserves in the European Union. This has given Aberdeen, the third-largest city in Scotland, the title of Europes oil capital, following a referendum in 1997, a Scottish Parliament was re-established, in the form of a devolved unicameral legislature comprising 129 members, having authority over many areas of domestic policy. Scotland is represented in the UK Parliament by 59 MPs and in the European Parliament by 6 MEPs, Scotland is also a member nation of the British–Irish Council, and the British–Irish Parliamentary Assembly. Scotland comes from Scoti, the Latin name for the Gaels, the Late Latin word Scotia was initially used to refer to Ireland. By the 11th century at the latest, Scotia was being used to refer to Scotland north of the River Forth, alongside Albania or Albany, the use of the words Scots and Scotland to encompass all of what is now Scotland became common in the Late Middle Ages. Repeated glaciations, which covered the land mass of modern Scotland. It is believed the first post-glacial groups of hunter-gatherers arrived in Scotland around 12,800 years ago, the groups of settlers began building the first known permanent houses on Scottish soil around 9,500 years ago, and the first villages around 6,000 years ago. The well-preserved village of Skara Brae on the mainland of Orkney dates from this period and it contains the remains of an early Bronze Age ruler laid out on white quartz pebbles and birch bark. It was also discovered for the first time that early Bronze Age people placed flowers in their graves, in the winter of 1850, a severe storm hit Scotland, causing widespread damage and over 200 deaths. In the Bay of Skaill, the storm stripped the earth from a large irregular knoll, when the storm cleared, local villagers found the outline of a village, consisting of a number of small houses without roofs. William Watt of Skaill, the laird, began an amateur excavation of the site, but after uncovering four houses
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Edinburgh Castle. Human habitation of the site is dated back as far as the 9th century BC, although the nature of this early settlement is unclear.
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The class I
Pictish stone at
Aberlemno known as Aberlemno 1 or the Serpent Stone.
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The
Wallace Monument commemorates
William Wallace, the 13th-century Scottish hero.
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Drydock
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A dry dock is a narrow basin or vessel that can be flooded to allow a load to be floated in, then drained to allow that load to come to rest on a dry platform. Dry docks are used for the construction, maintenance, and repair of ships, boats, the use of dry docks in China goes at least as far back the 10th century A. D. The upper works included several decks with cabins and saloons. After many years, their hulls decayed and needed repairs, so in the Hsi-Ning reign period a palace official Huang Huai-Hsin suggested a plan. A large basin was excavated at the end of the Chin-ming Lake capable of containing the dragon ships. Then so that the quickly filled with water, after which the ships were towed in above the beams. The the water was pumped out by wheels so that the ships rested quite in the air, when the repairs were complete, the water was let in again, so that the ships were afloat once more. The first English and oldest surviving dry dock still in use was commissioned by Henry VII of England at HMNB Portsmouth in 1495 and this dry dock currently holds the worlds oldest commissioned warship, HMS Victory. Possibly the earliest description of a floating dock comes from a small Italian book printed in Venice in 1560, called Descrittione dellartifitiosa machina. In the booklet, an unknown author asks for the privilege of using a new method for the salvaging of a ship and then proceeds to describe. The included woodcut shows a ship flanked by two large floating trestles, forming a roof above the vessel, the ship is pulled in an upright position by a number of ropes attached to the superstructure. The Alfredo da Silva Dry Dock, of the Lisnave Dockyards in Almada, Portugal, was the largest in the world until 2000, harland and Wolff Heavy Industries in Belfast, Northern Ireland, is the site of a large dry dock 556 by 93 metres. The massive cranes are named after the Biblical figures Samson and Goliath, Goliath stands 96 m tall, while Samson is taller at 106 m. The Saint-Nazaires Chantiers de lAtlantique owns one of the biggest in the world,1,200 by 60 metres, the largest graving dock of the Mediterranean as of 2009 is at the Hellenic Shipyards S. A. The largest roofed dry dock is at the German Meyer Werft Shipyard in Papenburg, Germany, it is 504 m long,125 m wide, Dry Dock 12 at Newport News Shipbuilding is 662 by 76 metres the largest dry dock in the USA. The largest floating-dock in North America named The Vigorous and it is operated Vigor Industries in Portland, OR, in the Swan Island industrial area along the Willamette River. The keel blocks as well as the block are placed on the floor of the dock in accordance with the docking plan of the ship. Routine use of dry docks is for the graving i. e. the cleaning, removal of barnacles and rust, some fine-tuning of the ships position can be done by divers while there is still some water left to manoeuvre it about
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U.S. Navy submarine
USS Greeneville in dry dock following collision with the
Ehime Maru.
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A US Navy
Littoral Combat Ship in drydock,
NASSCO 2012
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Floating Dock. Woodcut from
Venice (1560).
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The Stockholm
brig "Tre Kronor" in one of the historical dry docks on the island
Beckholmen in central
Stockholm.
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Thames
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The River Thames is a river that flows through southern England, most notably through London. At 215 miles, it is the longest river entirely in England and it also flows through Oxford, Reading, Henley-on-Thames and Windsor. The lower reaches of the river are called the Tideway, derived from its tidal reach up to Teddington Lock. It rises at Thames Head in Gloucestershire, and flows into the North Sea via the Thames Estuary, the Thames drains the whole of Greater London. Its tidal section, reaching up to Teddington Lock, includes most of its London stretch and has a rise, in Scotland, the Tay achieves more than double the average discharge from a drainage basin that is 60% smaller. Along its course are 45 navigation locks with accompanying weirs and its catchment area covers a large part of South Eastern and a small part of Western England and the river is fed by 38 named tributaries. The river contains over 80 islands, in 2010, the Thames won the largest environmental award in the world – the $350,000 International Riverprize. The Thames, from Middle English Temese, is derived from the Brittonic Celtic name for the river, Tamesas, recorded in Latin as Tamesis and yielding modern Welsh Tafwys Thames. It has also suggested that it is not of Celtic origin. A place by the river, rather than the river itself, indirect evidence for the antiquity of the name Thames is provided by a Roman potsherd found at Oxford, bearing the inscription Tamesubugus fecit. It is believed that Tamesubugus name was derived from that of the river, tamese was referred to as a place, not a river in the Ravenna Cosmography. The rivers name has always pronounced with a simple t /t/, the Middle English spelling was typically Temese. A similar spelling from 1210, Tamisiam, is found in the Magna Carta, the Thames through Oxford is sometimes called the Isis. Ordnance Survey maps still label the Thames as River Thames or Isis down to Dorchester, richard Coates suggests that while the river was as a whole called the Thames, part of it, where it was too wide to ford, was called *lowonida. An alternative, and simpler proposal, is that London may also be a Germanic word, for merchant seamen, the Thames has long been just the London River. Londoners often refer to it simply as the river in such as south of the river. Thames Valley Police is a body that takes its name from the river. The marks of human activity, in cases dating back to Pre-Roman Britain, are visible at various points along the river
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The Thames in London
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A statue of Old Father Thames by
Raffaelle Monti at
St John's Lock, Lechlade.
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The marker stone at the official source of the River Thames near
Kemble.
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The River Thames
Flood Barrier
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England
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England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west, the Irish Sea lies northwest of England and the Celtic Sea lies to the southwest. England is separated from continental Europe by the North Sea to the east, the country covers five-eighths of the island of Great Britain in its centre and south, and includes over 100 smaller islands such as the Isles of Scilly, and the Isle of Wight. England became a state in the 10th century, and since the Age of Discovery. The Industrial Revolution began in 18th-century England, transforming its society into the worlds first industrialised nation, Englands terrain mostly comprises low hills and plains, especially in central and southern England. However, there are uplands in the north and in the southwest, the capital is London, which is the largest metropolitan area in both the United Kingdom and the European Union. In 1801, Great Britain was united with the Kingdom of Ireland through another Act of Union to become the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. In 1922 the Irish Free State seceded from the United Kingdom, leading to the latter being renamed the United Kingdom of Great Britain, the name England is derived from the Old English name Englaland, which means land of the Angles. The Angles were one of the Germanic tribes that settled in Great Britain during the Early Middle Ages, the Angles came from the Angeln peninsula in the Bay of Kiel area of the Baltic Sea. The earliest recorded use of the term, as Engla londe, is in the ninth century translation into Old English of Bedes Ecclesiastical History of the English People. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, its spelling was first used in 1538. The earliest attested reference to the Angles occurs in the 1st-century work by Tacitus, Germania, the etymology of the tribal name itself is disputed by scholars, it has been suggested that it derives from the shape of the Angeln peninsula, an angular shape. An alternative name for England is Albion, the name Albion originally referred to the entire island of Great Britain. The nominally earliest record of the name appears in the Aristotelian Corpus, specifically the 4th century BC De Mundo, in it are two very large islands called Britannia, these are Albion and Ierne. But modern scholarly consensus ascribes De Mundo not to Aristotle but to Pseudo-Aristotle, the word Albion or insula Albionum has two possible origins. Albion is now applied to England in a poetic capacity. Another romantic name for England is Loegria, related to the Welsh word for England, Lloegr, the earliest known evidence of human presence in the area now known as England was that of Homo antecessor, dating to approximately 780,000 years ago. The oldest proto-human bones discovered in England date from 500,000 years ago, Modern humans are known to have inhabited the area during the Upper Paleolithic period, though permanent settlements were only established within the last 6,000 years
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Stonehenge, a
Neolithic monument
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Boudica led an uprising against the
Roman Empire
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Replica of a 7th-century ceremonial
helmet from the
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Bristol Channel
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The Bristol Channel is a major inlet in the island of Great Britain, separating South Wales from Devon and Somerset in South West England. It extends from the estuary of the River Severn to the North Atlantic Ocean. It takes its name from the English city of Bristol, and is over 30 miles across at its widest point. Until Tudor times the Bristol Channel was known as the Severn Sea, the International Hydrographic Organisation defines the western limit of the Bristol Channel as a line joining Hartland Point in Devon to St. Govans Head in Pembrokeshire. The upper limit of the Channel is between Sand Point, Somerset and Lavernock Point, East of this line is the Severn Estuary. The Severn Estuary and most of the embayments around the channel are less than 10 m in depth. Within the channel, however, there is an E-W trending valley 20 to 30 m in depth that is considered to have formed by fluvial run-off during Pleistocene phases of lower sea level. The Bristol Channel is an important area for wildlife, in particular waders, at low tide large parts of the channel become mud flats due to the tidal range of 43 feet, second only to the Bay of Fundy in Eastern Canada. Development schemes have been proposed along the channel, including an airport and a barrier for electricity generation. The largest islands in the Bristol Channel are Lundy, Steep Holm, the islands and headlands provide some shelter for the upper reaches of the channel from storms. These islands are uninhabited and protected as nature reserves, and are home to some unique wild flower species. In 1971 a proposal was made by the Lundy Field Society to establish a marine reserve, on the Gower Peninsula, at its western extremity is the Worms Head, a headland of carboniferous limestone which is approachable on foot at low tide only. The beaches of Gower and North Devon, such as Croyde and Woolacombe, win awards for their quality and setting. In 2004, The Times Travel magazine selected Barafundle Bay in Pembrokeshire as one of the twelve best beaches in the world, in 2007, Oxwich Bay made the same magazines Top 12 best beaches in the world list, and was also selected as Britains best beach for 2007. The city of Swansea is the largest settlement on the Welsh coast of the Bristol Channel, other major built-up areas include Barry, Port Talbot and Llanelli. Smaller resort towns include Porthcawl, Mumbles, Saundersfoot and Tenby, the cities of Cardiff and Newport adjoin the Severn estuary, but lie upstream of the Bristol Channel itself. On the English side, the towns of Weston-super-Mare, Burnham-on-Sea, Watchet, Minehead. Barnstaple and Bideford are sited on estuaries opening onto Bideford Bay and it gives its name to the Channel, which forms its seaward approach
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Sunrise looking north east up the channel from
Minehead, showing
Steep Holm and
Brean Down
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The channel from
Barry, Wales
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The Bristol Channel coast at
Ilfracombe,
North Devon, looking west towards
Lee Bay
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The Bristol Channel looking south from
Llantwit Major near
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Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
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Sherlock Holmes, A Game of Shadows is a 2011 British-American period action mystery film directed by Guy Ritchie and produced by Joel Silver, Lionel Wigram, Susan Downey and Dan Lin. It is the sequel to the 2009 film Sherlock Holmes, and likewise features the Sherlock Holmes, the films screenplay was written by Michele Mulroney and Kieran Mulroney. Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law reprise their roles as Holmes and Watson, the film follows an original premise incorporating elements of Conan Doyles short stories The Final Problem and The Empty House. In the film, Holmes and Watson travel across Europe with a Gypsy adventuress to foil a plot by their cunning nemesis, Professor Moriarty. Upon its release, the film received mixed to positive reviews critics and was commercially successful. In 1891, Irene Adler delivers a package to Dr. Hoffmanstahl, Hoffmanstahl opens the package, triggering a hidden bomb that is prevented from detonating by the intervention of Sherlock Holmes. Holmes takes the letter while Adler and Hoffmanstahl escape, Holmes finds Hoffmanstahl assassinated moments later. Adler meets with Professor Moriarty to explain the events, but Moriarty, deeming her position compromised by her love for Holmes, poisons and kills her. After meeting up with his brother Mycroft at Watsons bachelor party, Holmes meets with Gypsy fortune-teller Simza, Holmes defeats an assassin sent to kill Simza, but she flees before Holmes can interrogate her. After the wedding of Watson and Mary Morstan, Holmes meets Moriarty for the first time, voicing his respect for Holmes perseverance, Moriarty informs Holmes that he murdered Adler. Holmes vengefully vows to him and subtly requests Watson and Mary be left alone now that Watson is no longer working with him. Moriartys men attack Watson and Mary on a train to their honeymoon, Holmes, having followed the pair to protect them, throws Mary from the train into a river below where she is rescued by Mycroft. After defeating Moriartys men, Holmes and Watson travel to Paris to locate Simza, when she is found, Holmes tells Simza that she has been targeted because Rene is working for Moriarty and may have told her about his plans. Simza takes the pair to the headquarters of an anarchist group to which she and they learn that the anarchists have been forced to plant bombs for Moriarty. The trio follows Holmes deduction that the bomb is in the Paris Opera, however, Holmes realizes too late that he has been tricked and that the bomb is in a nearby hotel, the bomb kills a number of assembled businessmen. Holmes discovers that the bomb was a cover for the assassination of Alfred Meinhard, one of the attendees. Meinhards death grants Moriarty ownership of Meinhards arms factory in Germany, Holmes, Watson, and Simza travel there, following clues in Renes letters. At the factory, Moriarty captures, interrogates, and tortures Holmes while Watson fights Moran, meanwhile, Watson uses the cannon he had been hiding behind to destroy the watchtower in which Moran is concealed
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Theatrical release poster
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Jude Law in January 2012 at the film's French premiere in Paris.
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Largs
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Largs is a town on the Firth of Clyde in North Ayrshire, Scotland, about 33 miles from Glasgow. The original name means the slopes in Scottish Gaelic, a popular seaside resort with a pier, the town markets itself on its historic links with the Vikings and an annual festival is held each year in early September. In 1263 it was the site of the Battle of Largs between the Norwegian and the Scottish armies, the National Mòd has also been held here in the past. Largs evolved from the estates of North Cunninghame over which the Montgomeries of Skelmorlie became temporal lords in the seventeenth century, sir Robert Montgomerie built Skelmorlie Aisle in the ancient kirk of Largs in 1636 as a family mausoleum. Today the monument is all that remains of the old kirk, from its beginnings as a small village around its kirk, Largs evolved into a busy and popular seaside resort in the nineteenth century. Large hotels appeared and the pier was constructed in 1834 and it was not until 1895, however, that the railway made the connection to Largs, sealing the towns popularity. Largs has historical connections much further back, however, the Norwegians and islemen had been raiding the Scottish coast for some time, and the Scots under Alexander III had been following the fleet, attempting to catch its raiding parties. The outcome of this confrontation is uncertain, as both sides claim victory in their respective chronicles and sagas and the independent source of the war fails to mention the battle at all. The battle was followed soon after by the death of the 59-year-old King Haakon in Bishops Palace on Orkney, during World War II, the Hollywood Hotel was designated HMS Warren, which was Headquarters, Combined Training. The decision that the invasion of Europe would take place in Normandy was made at this conference, King Haakon VII of Norway, then in exile in Britain due to the German occupation of his kingdom, visited Largs in 1944 and was made the towns first honorary citizen. Largs has hosted the National Mòd in 1956,1965 and 2002, theatres and venues include Barrfields Pavilion and the Vikingar centre. In 2014, it was rated one of the most attractive areas to live in Scotland. Largs hosts the popular Largs Live on the last weekend in June where the towns hosts live music around their pubs, restaurants, despite its diminished status as a holiday resort, much of Largs is still geared towards tourism. St. Columbas Parish Church is situated opposite Nardinis and contains a Heritage Centre, the church itself was built in 1892 and is notable for its stained glass windows and Willis organ. Also of interest is a neolithic tomb behind Douglas Park, known as the Haylie Chambered Tomb, it was once covered by a cairn of stones. When it was uncovered in the twentieth century the tomb was dated to around 3000 to 2000 BC. Skelmorlie Aisle, adjoining the museum, is in the care of Historic Scotland and is open during the summer. Kelburn Castle, situated between Largs and Fairlie, is the home of the Boyle family, the hereditary Earls of Glasgow
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The
Brisbane family vault in Largs.
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The "Pencil" monument commemorating the
Battle of Largs, which stands just over 1 mile (1.6 km) south of the town centre
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Largs Main Street
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Ayr
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Ayr is a large town and former Royal Burgh situated on the west coast of Ayrshire in Scotland, United Kingdom. It is the centre of the South Ayrshire Council area. Ayr is currently the most populated settlement in Ayrshire and is the 12th most populous settlement in Scotland, the town adjoins the smaller town of Prestwick to the north, forming a single continuous urban area with the town. Ayr was established as a Royal Burgh in 1205, serving as Ayrshires central marketplace and harbour throughout the Medieval Period, on the southern bank of the River Ayr sits the ramparts of a Citadel constructed by Oliver Cromwell during the mid-17th Century. Towards the south of the town is the birthplace of Scottish poet Robert Burns in the suburb of Alloway, with the expansion of the railway during the 19th Century Ayr soon developed into a seaside resort. Politically, Ayr is considerably more Conservative-voting than the remainder of Scotland, the town is now marginally contested between the Conservatives and the Scottish National Party. In the UK Parliament Ayr is situated within the Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock constituency which is represented by SNP MP Corri Wilson. Ayr is one of the largest retail centres along the south of Scotland and was recognised as the second healthiest town centre in the United Kingdom by the Royal Society for Public Health in 2014, Ayr has hosted the Scottish Grand National horse-racing steeplechase annually since 1965. The town also accommodates the headquarters of the Ayr Advertiser and Ayrshire Post newspapers, the name Ayr can be traced back to a pre-Celtic word meaning watercourse. The name was used before the establishment of the Julian calendar as a name for the River Ayr, Ayr was founded as a market burgh town in 1205 by King William the Lion. It was formerly named Inverair or Inverayr, meaning mouth of the river Ayr, elements of the former name remain present within the Scottish Gaelic name for Ayr – Inbhir Air. Since 1261 annual fairs were held in the town, at this time the town had a recorded population of 1,500 and served as a major port on the west coast. The town was occupied by England from 1301 until 1312 as part of the Scottish Wars of Independence, on 26 April 1315, a Parliament of Scotland was held in Ayr by Robert The Bruce at St. Johns Tower by the sea. Later, in 1652, the town was used as a base, Cromwell established a large fortress along the mouth of the River Ayr and erected walls around the area just south of the Rivers mouth - most of these walls remain present to this day. A permanent military presence was established in the town with the completion of Ayr Barracks on the site in 1795. Ayr forms part of the Westminster constituency of Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock and this constituency includes Carrick in South Ayrshire in addition to Doon Valley, Cumnock and New Cumnock in southern East Ayrshire. The seat is held by the Scottish National Partys Corri Wilson. The Central Ayrshire constituency runs north of the Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock constituency and it takes in the towns of Irvine, Kilwinning, Prestwick, Troon and rural Kyle, running into Annbank
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Clockwise from top-left: Place De Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Robert Burns statue, Wellington Square Gardens, The Wallace Tower and Burns Statue Square.
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Ayr Market Cross in 1810
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The Wallace Tower
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The Auld Kirk Of St John The Baptist
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Ailsa Craig
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Ailsa Craig is an island of 99 hectares in the outer Firth of Clyde,16 kilometres from mainland Scotland, upon which blue hone granite was quarried to make curling stones. The now uninhabited island is formed from the plug of an extinct volcano. The island is owned by David, Marquess of Ailsa, by March 2013 the asking price was for offers over £1,500,000, down from the original asking price of £2,500,000. An early reference to the rock is made by Sir Donald Monro, the modern name of the island is an anglicisation of the Gaelic, Aillse Creag meaning fairy rock. An alternative Gaelic name is Creag Ealasaid meaning Elizabeths rock, the first element, Aillse may represent Allt Shasann, cliff of the English, mentioned in the Book of Leinster as Aldasain. The Bass Rock is sometimes nicknamed the Ailsa Craig of the East, a number of features and places on the island have acquired names, Gaelic in most cases, such as Craignaan, Trammins, Balvar, Garryloo and Ashydoo. Some names seem self-explanatory and indeed even the Swine Cave may refer to a time when the Earl of Cassilis received part of his rent in hogs from the island. The island, which is located approximately 16 kilometres west of Girvan, is 4 km in circumference, geologically Ailsa Craig is the remains of a volcanic plug from an extinct volcano. It stands out because all younger sedimentary rocks covering Southwest Scotland have long since eroded away. But the island survived erosion because it is composed of much harder igneous rocks from the Palaeogene period, the plug, which is composed of granite, is all that remains from the massive volcanic activity caused by the formation of the Atlantic Ocean. Dykes of similar age can be found in Scotland through other older rocks such as the extensive Cleveland, though only a few metres across, these volcanic dykes can be traced all the way from northern England back to an ancient supervolcano on the Isle of Mull. Research has shown that the granite on Ailsa Craig has a crystalline composition that has a distinctive appearance. These properties have made the rock a favourite material for curling stones. The island is part of the district of South Ayrshire. The island has a fresh-water spring but no electricity, gas, apart from 2 hectares sold to the Northern Lighthouse board in 1883, the island currently belongs to The 9th Marquess of Ailsa. In May 2011 it was announced that the island was for sale, originally given a price of £2,500,000, as of March 2013. Reports in December 2013 claimed an unnamed environmental trust had placed a formal bid, the chief well on the island lies above the Loups and this was used by the Northern Lighthouse Board who built a cistern there and piped the water to the lighthouse complex. The Horse Well was located behind the gasworks, the Castle Well stands above Ailsa Castle and then finally the Garry Loch sits higher up and once supplied water to the tenants cottage
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Ailsa Craig as drawn in the 1840s
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Ailsa Craig in the background with
Dunure in 1840
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Remnants of the old mineral railway embankment near Kennedy's Nags
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Brodick
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Brodick is the main settlement on the Isle of Arran, in the Firth of Clyde, Scotland. It is halfway along the east coast of the island, in Brodick Bay below Goat Fell, the name is derived from Norse roots meaning Broad Bay. The harbour receives the main ferry between Arran and the mainland via Ardrossan, Brodick Castle is a former residence of the Dukes of Hamilton. Brodick has the Isle of Arrans main ferry terminus which connects Brodick to Ardrossan on the mainland, the ferries are operated by Caledonian MacBrayne. MV Caledonian Isles plies this route year-round, with MV Isle of Arran providing additional sailings during the summer, the crossing generally takes less than 1 hour. The route is one of the busiest crossings on the CalMac network, a second, smaller ferry - MV Catriona - sails from Lochranza to Claonaig on the Kintyre peninsula from March to October. Brodick is a holiday destination and a base for hill-walking. Tourism provides much of the economic base. There are many family-owned and independent businesses, such as hotels, restaurants, shops, bed and breakfast establishments, guest houses, there are a brewery, a sports and leisure complex and an 18-hole golf course. Brodick Castle was previously a seat of the Dukes of Hamilton, Canmore - Arran, Brodick, General site record Canmore - Brodick, Rosaburn, Arran Heritage Museum, Rosaburn House site record
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The
Paddle Steamer Waverley lies in Brodick Bay in front of
Brodick Castle.
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Brodick from Cladach Beach
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Brodick Castle
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Millport, Cumbrae
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Millport is the only town on the island of Great Cumbrae in the Firth of Clyde off the coast of North Ayrshire. The town is 4 miles south from the Caledonian MacBrayne ferry slipway, tourism is an important aspect of the economy. Due to its size, the island and its town are often linked in the minds of visitors and residents. The island offers spectacular views across to The Isle of Arran as well as of its neighbour which lies barely a kilometre away. The Cumbraes are referred to as the Kumreyiar in the Norse Saga of Haakon Haakonarson, Millport has the smallest extant cathedral in the British Isles. The Gaelic name Cumaradh means place of the Cymric people, referring to the Brittonic-speaking inhabitants of the Kingdom of Strathclyde, alternatively, the name Cumbrae may derive from Kil Maura meaning cell or church of a female saint. The Garrison House in the centre of town, constructed in 1745, was formerly the mansion, then the home of the Earl of Glasgow. During the development of the River Clyde as a thoroughfare for goods, shipbuilding and smuggling, Millport was a strategic base for Customs. Several of the streets in Millport are named after members of the Revenue cutter Royal George. The Victorian era was a period of growth, both in terms of population, governance, amenities and property. To the west and east of the old harbour, many fine Victorian and Edwardian villas were built and these still form the backbone of the housing stock. The Cathedral of the Isles of the Scottish Episcopal Church, completed in 1851, there are also claims that it is the smallest cathedral in Europe. The Garrison House was badly damaged after an attack in 2001. Cumbrae Community Development Company, the development trust, made a successful bid to the National Lottery. After several years of renovation of the property was completed in 2008 at a total cost of £5 million. It now houses the Museum of the Cumbraes, a library, council offices, a GP surgery, the Garrison Model Rail Club, located in cabins on the grounds at Garrison House, welcomes visits to its model railway layouts each week. Currently a large development of around 40 family sized homes is underway between the Millport Bowling Club and Penmachrie Farm and it is notable that the houses are being built primarily by private individuals - with the land having been sold off in the form of single plots. Millport has several independently owned shops, amongst the shops available are newsagents, grocers, craft and gift shops, clothes shops, electrical and hardware stores
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Garrison House, with Cathedral spire to left.
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Approaching Millport,
Great Cumbrae, on
PS Waverley.
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View of Millport and
Little Cumbrae.
Isle of Arran in the background
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