The Light in the Glens
Another excellent book on the Clyde
Puffer. Early chapters concentrate on the technical developments which go
hand in hand with the development of the Scottish canals, for many of these
vessels had to pass through them in normal trading. I particularly liked
the block diagrams showing the the evolution of the puffer from the 1870s to the
1960s.
Having set the scene Len Paterson concentrates on the history of
the principal shipping companies, in particular Glenlight Shipping. He has
included nearly seventy photographs, many of early shipping and others of
more recent vessels, together with pictures of some of the remote beaches and
harbours on which they had to operate. The photograph of Zephon
unloading to carts on the beach is particularly good, and for war time buffs
there is an extraordinary photograph of a Hays boat in Scapa flow after the
scuttling of the German fleet. In addition there are useful appendices.
Author:
Len Paterson
Pages
128 Size:
250mm x 175mm (9¾x7in) softback
Illustrations:
65 photos in black & white.
Drawings
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