Finding the unexpected in the everyday.
July 28, 1874 In northern Scotland, a railway station in the town and royal burgh of Wick in the Scottish Highlands was opened. This station was designed by the prolific engineer and architect Murdoch Paterson (1826-1898) and constructed by the Sutherland and Caithness Railway, which operated in that region of Scotland from 1874 to 1884.... Continue Reading →
January 27, 1909 Garlandstone, a ketch (two-masted sailboat), was launched in southwestern England. In a 1996 edition of the London-based Guardian, author Virginia Spiers highlighted Garlandstone in the daily column A Country Diary. “This handsome merchant vessel was built on the [River Tamar], built by James Goss in his yard on the Devon bank opposite... Continue Reading →
Transportation History 