5385 x 7151 px | 45,6 x 60,5 cm | 18 x 23,8 inches | 300dpi
Date de la prise de vue:
6 août 2021
Lieu:
Kyle Rhea Scotland UK
Informations supplémentaires:
Between March and October, a small vehicle ferry connects to Kylerhea on Skye across the powerful currents of the narrows. The ferry used on the crossing since 1982 is the MV Glenachulish, the last hand-operated turntable ferry in operation in the world. Built in 1969 for the Ballachulish crossing by the Ailsa Shipbuilding Company in Troon, it is now operated by a local Community Interest Company. The ferry can transport six cars plus foot passengers on the open deck. It is unusual in that the ferry ties up alongside the slipway and the crew manually turn the deck, which is built on a turntable, for cars and passengers to embark and disembark. When the Ballachulish Bridge opened in 1975, it became the relief vessel for Corran, Kylesku and Kessock near Inverness. The ferry service was suspended in 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic but restarted on 1 May 2021. The Genelg Ferry slipway was designed by Thomas Telford in 1818 and is Category B listed. Glenachulish was built at Ailsa Shipbuilding Company in Troon in 1969.[2] She is named after Glenachulish, a glen and hamlet near South Ballachulish. In 2006, Murdo Mackenzie, the owner of the ferry, was planning to retire. A community interest company was formed by local residents to buy the ferry and run the service.[3] In 2008, the ferry was featured in the film Made of Honour. In January 2012, following a landslide blocking the A890 road, Glenachulish began a service at Stromeferry. The service crossed Loch Carron to North Strome, avoiding a 140-mile (230-kilometre) diversion by road
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