Kelvin
38' x 9' Cabin Launch with a 30
hp F4 Kelvin-Ricardo Engine,
at the Bergius Co. boat shed on the Monkland Branch of the Forth &
Clyde Canal at Port Dundas, Glasgow. The barrels in the background belong
to the White Horse Distillery, North Canal Bank Street. |
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| The people from left to right are:- | |
| Standing on the Boat:- | |
| Harry Milne | General Handyman, expert rope & wire-rope splicer. In younger days he sailed 'before the mast' in sailing ships, going round the horn on a number of occasions. |
| Walter Geddes | General Labourer, during the summer months he was a paid hand on Vailima II, the 80' yacht owned and designed by Mr. Walter Bergius, the founder and designer of all Kelvin Engines up to 1949. |
| ? Unknown | Carpenter. |
| Standing on the Dock Side:- | |
| George Cavil | Forman carpenter of the boat shed. |
| Stephen Bell | Manager of the boat shed |
| Up to 30 Kelvin Launches were kept in stock at any one time at the boat shed up until the 1939 - 1945 war. | |
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