News - Linthouse building

Contact the news and picture editor. Twitter feed    RSS Feed

Themes   Caledonian MacBrayne   ScotRail   Caledonian Sleeper   Network Rail   Serco   Levenmouth   South Uist   Ticketing   Railfreight   Corran Ferry   Waverley Excursions   HS2   Lochboisdale   MV Lord of the Isles   PS Waverley   Ayr Station Hotel   Edinburgh Trams   Fares   Stirling   Dumfries   Ferguson Marine   Signalling   

The Scottish Maritime Museum celebrates the rise of Scotland's seaside resorts and the golden era of steamboat travel 'doon the watter' in this years summer exhibition, which opens tomorrow (Saturday, July 1).

Dream Destinations, which goes on show in the Museum's Linthouse building on Irvine Harbourside, charts the growing popularity of trips down the Clyde to Helensburgh, Gourock, Largs, Ayr, Millport, Dunoon and Rothesay for the day or a staycation from the early 1900s.
(Permalink) Dream Destinations Irvine Linthouse Building Linthouse Engine Works Scottish Maritime Museum 'Doon the watter'


Scottish Maritime Museum: The interior of the great hall at the Maritime Museum in Irvine on 6th August 2013. The building is the former engine works of Stephen's Linthouse Shipyard. This was moved to Irvine and rebuilt there ...
Colin Miller 06/08/2013

KML version