8 August 1812:
Henry Bell runs Europe's first commercial steamboat service, from Glasgow's Broomielaw to Greenock, in the steamboat Comet.
On the 2nd September the sailings of the "Comet" were extended via Tarbert and the
Crinan Canal, to Oban, Port Appin, and Fort-William, the return journey occupying four
days.1
GD170 Papers of the Campbell Family of Barcaldine 1539-1961
Country code GB
Repository code 234
Repository National Records of Scotland
Reference GD170/2702
Title Letter from Duncan Sinclair, factor to Barcaldine, to Sir Duncan Campbell of Barcaldine, 1st b.t.
Dates 1809-1833
1812, January 20. Is taking care of the Spanish sheep; the ewe has had a lamb and is hitherto doing well.
Dated at Barcaldine, Dalfour, Elerick.2
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