Capable of carrying up to 200 people, these Swifts could make the journey between Edinburgh and Glasgow in less than 8 hours at a time when it would take several days to make the same journey by road.
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The remains of the 1820s Craigmarloch Stables near Kilsyth. This was one of a number of identical stables built along the Forth and Clyde Canal in central Scotland to provide changes of the teams of horses used to pull fast passenger vessels known as Swifts.
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These trips came to an end with the outbreak of World War II in 1939, and now the rusted mooring rings and decaying dock is all that's left of this once-popular tourist destination for the people of Glasgow.
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As the tours developed, two other boats, the Gypsy Queen and the May Queen, and a tearoom with a dance floor was built at Craigmarloch as well as swings for kids and a putting green.
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The former mooring point of the Queens of the Canals at the Craigmarloch Basin on the Forth and Clyde Canal, some 25km east of Glasgow.
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Unfortunately one of our #MobileLib is off the road today. It will miss stops in:
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