Forestry Memories

Launch on Lochawe with timber raft

Launch on Lochawe with timber raft

Date Added: 22 November 2012 Contributor: Norman Davidson Year of Photo: 1960 Picture No: 1323

The photograph is courtesy of the family of George Dey. George took many forestry photographs in his forestry career and some are now shown on this web site.

There is some uncertainly over the year this photograph was taken as the boat is quite different from those seen in George’s black and white images. Possibly of significance is and entry in his diary of 26 Oct 1960 ‘Inverliever – New Boat arrived’.

Can anyone remember this launch type vessel, its name and when it arrived on the Loch? Perhaps someone might recognise the two men operating the boat and doing some timber rafting.

The PDF shows a close up of the chaining on the timber raft.

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Groups: Forestry Areas, Forestry in Action, George Dey Forestry Collection, Other Vehicles and Machines, Ships, boats and sea transport

1 Comment

This boat was moored at Ford pier and used by the Forestry. There was a boathouse alongside the north side of the pier and it was in there. The Coileach Coille was moored on the other side of the pier. I'm thinking mid fifties Comment left on 13 January 2019 at 20:14 by Robert (Robin) Kerr, originally from Ford, Loch Awe
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