Men unloading sand from a puffer, Rothesay

Maker
Telfer Drummond
Production date
Circa 1930
 Description
Two men in shirt sleeves and trousers with braces are filling a large steel bucket with sand. The men are down in the hold of a small ship. The shadows of a group looking down on them can be seen.
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Object detail

Department
Photo
Collection
Drummond, Telfer, Photographic Collection/Family & Personal Papers Group
Maker
Production date
Circa 1930
Subject place
Rothesay Harbour/Rothesay/Argyll and Bute
Subject notes
The men are unloading a puffer at Rothesay pier. The bucket would be swung up by the steam driven derrick of the puffer and its contents loaded on to a horse and cart on the quayside.
Accession number
P11426

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