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The grounded and now wrecked hull of the 'Pride of Strome’, one of the two small car ferries that traversed the narrows of Loch Carron. Fish farm cages seen to the rear, east of the Strome narrows, and outside to the east of the Marine Protection Area.
"The “Pride of Strome” seen here, was built in 1962 by Forbes of Sandhaven. She was 16m long x 5m wide and was one of the last two ferries operating between Strome and Stromeferry which stopped upon the opening of the road by-pass in 1970. The car platform was finely balanced and rotated by hand. The on and off ramps were also hand operated, both are seen here with the starboard ramp counter weight above.
Originally at low tide the sailings had to be suspended for some three hours as the jetties on both side sof the loch were inadequate. So in 1956/7 the jetties were extended to alleviate this considerable problem. Fares were then increased to 10/- (50p).
The sister ferry hull drifted off one night in a storm, managed to get through all the fish farm cages without damaging any and grounded herself near the Lochcarron Weavers, about 1 mile NE of this location. This was the smaller, Strome Castle, measuring 9m long x 3m wide, which was built in 1958 by Nobles of Fraserburgh.
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The grounded and now wrecked hull of the 'Pride of Strome’, one of the two small car ferries that traversed the narrows of Loch Carron. Fish farm cages seen to the rear, east of the Strome narrows, and outside to the east of the Marine Protection Area.
"The “Pride of Strome” seen here, was built in 1962 by Forbes of Sandhaven. She was 16m long x 5m wide and was one of the last two ferries operating between Strome and Stromeferry which stopped upon the opening of the road by-pass in 1970. The car platform was finely balanced and rotated by hand. The on and off ramps were also hand operated, both are seen here with the starboard ramp counter weight above.
Originally at low tide the sailings had to be suspended for some three hours as the jetties on both side sof the loch were inadequate. So in 1956/7 the jetties were extended to alleviate this considerable problem. Fares were then increased to 10/- (50p).
The sister ferry hull drifted off one night in a storm, managed to get through all the fish farm cages without damaging any and grounded herself near the Lochcarron Weavers, about 1 mile NE of this location. This was the smaller, Strome Castle, measuring 9m long x 3m wide, which was built in 1958 by Nobles of Fraserburgh.