Maid of the Loch: Group working to get steamer sailing gets funding [Helensburgh Advertiser]





Date: 24/04/2023

An organisation working hard to get a steamer sailing again on Loch Lomond has received a huge funding boost.


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Maid of the Loch on the slipway at Balloch Pier for inspection of the hull and perhaps a lick of paint to the area normally below the waterline. Photographed behind the railings next to the steam winch house on 12 August 2021.
Location: Balloch Pier
Company: Caledonian and Dumbartonshire Junction Railway
12/08/2021 John McIntyre
[[PS Maid of the Loch]] largely abandoned and unloved at Balloch Pier in 1991.
Location: Balloch Pier
Company: Caledonian and Dumbartonshire Junction Railway
//1991 Ewan Crawford
A picture of 'Maid of the Loch' in operational days, seen approaching Balloch Pier in 1972. The end of the railway's overhead electric catenary, installed in 1960, can be seen on the right. This lasted until the Pier railway station closed in 1986.
Location: Balloch Pier
Company: Caledonian and Dumbartonshire Junction Railway
//1972 Brian Haslehust


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