Date: 31/01/2017

Fundraisers are hoping to see the Maid of the Loch sailing again on Loch Lomond.
Campaigners want to raise £1.7m by the autumn which would enable them to release extra lottery money.
If all goes to plan, the Maid could be sailing by late summer next year.

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Maid of the Loch could sail again

BBC News

Fundraisers are hoping to see the Maid of the Loch sailing again on Loch Lomond by summer next year.

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Pier in use - see the heaving line being thrown - as [[PS Maid of the Loch]] berths in 1976. Note the catenary at Balloch Pier station on the far right. Originally opened as Balloch Wharf in 1850, the station closed to passengers in September 1986.
Location: Balloch Pier
Company: Caledonian and Dumbartonshire Junction Railway
//1976 Colin Miller

[[PS Maid of the Loch]] berthed at Balloch Pier in September 2007 alongside the remains of the former station platform.
Location: Balloch Pier
Company: Caledonian and Dumbartonshire Junction Railway
09/09/2007 John Furnevel

The paddle steamer 'Maid of the Loch' photographed on Loch Lomond in September 1955 on one of her regular trips out from Balloch Pier.
Location: Loch Lomond
Company: Piers on Loch Lomond
06/09/1955 A Snapper (Courtesy Bruce McCartney)