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View from SSE showing the 'Isle of Cumbrae' with ramp lowered on ferry ramp
SC 790778
Description View from SSE showing the 'Isle of Cumbrae' with ramp lowered on ferry ramp
Date 1979
Collection Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
Catalogue Number SC 790778
Category On-line Digital Images
Scope and Content Ferry at slipway of Pier, Largs, North Ayrshire, from south-east This view from the south-east, taken in 1979, shows the MV 'Isle of Cumbrae' waiting to load cars for Cumbrae at the 1971-2 ferry ramp. This roll-on roll-off vessel was built in 1977 for the Cumbrae service. To the left is the end of the 1822 pier. The car ferry service to Cumbrae Slip replaced a passenger ferry service from Wemyss Bay to Millport, which was supplemented in summer by small ferries from Largs to Millport. Since 1972 a series of ever-larger vessels has been used on the car ferry. Largs Pier was built in 1822, on an L-plan, replacing an earlier quay. The pier provided a deep-water berth for steamers on the outer face, and the inner faces were used by smaller craft. In 1971-2 a concrete ferry ramp was built in the south-east corner of the pier, for use by a car ferry to a similar slip opposite, on Cumbrae. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
External Reference CTH14
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