Date: 07/12/2018

A plan to restore a 65-year-old paddle steamer which once transported tourists across Loch Lomond has received nearly £1m from the Scottish government. Owners of the Maid of the Loch had feared for its future after a £3.7m lottery funding bid failed earlier this year. The Loch Lomond Steamship Company (LLSC) said the new cash would be used to repair the ship's hull and engines. The steamer has been moored at Balloch Pier since 1996. [1981]

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Lifeline for ailing paddle steamer

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Plans to restore a 65-year-old Loch Lomond paddle steamer receive £950,000 from Scottish government.

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The paddle steamer Maid of the Loch photographed on Loch Lomond in September 1955 on one of her regular trips out from Balloch Pier.
Location: Loch Lomond
Company: Piers on Loch Lomond
06/09/1955 A Snapper (Courtesy Bruce McCartney)

Pier in use - see the heaving line being thrown - as PS Maid of the Loch berths in 1976. Note the catenary at Balloch Pier station on the far right. Originally opened as Balloch Wharf in 1850, the station closed to passengers in September 1986.
Location: Balloch Pier
Company: Caledonian and Dumbartonshire Junction Railway
//1976 Colin Miller

PS Maid Of The Loch at Balloch on 18 August 2012 operating as a tea room while undergoing restoration and repairs.
Location: Balloch Pier
Company: Caledonian and Dumbartonshire Junction Railway
18/08/2012 John Steven