Tag: CRINAN CANAL
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John Lowrie Morrison, PUFFER ON THE CRINAN CANAL 01 Marine Paintings – With Footnotes, #198
The Clyde puffer is a type of small coal-fired and single-masted cargo ship, built mainly on the Forth and Clyde canal, and which provided a vital supply link around the west coast and Hebrides of Scotland. Characteristically these boats had bluff bows, crew’s quarters with table and cooking stove in the focsle, and a single mast…