Watching the Arran Ferry Traditional Cache
marvin02: After Having to Replace the Cache on a few occasions because It's getting taken by muggles, I have decided to Archive the Cache. Will place another one in a better location soon.
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" Watching " the Arran Ferry
Another Magnetic Nano placed on an Object that would be Hard to Miss.
PLEASE DO NOT PARK IN RESIDENTS PARKING SPACES,PARK AT THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND LEAVE ROOM FOR THEM TO GET OUT.........
Ardrossan developed quickly during the 18th and 19th centuries thanks to its position on the coast. Exports of coal and pig iron to Europe and North America were the main trade from the town's port, which became a centre for shipbuilding. Fishing vessels and small cargo boats were the mainstay of the shipyard until the 1950s, when the yard all but ceased to exist as a result of foreign competition. A smaller yard, McCrindle's, operated until the 1980s before it ceased trading.
Between 1841 and 1848 Ardrossan was a part of the "West Coast Main Line" equivalent of its time. The fastest route from London to Glasgow was by train to Fleetwood, and thence by packet boat to Ardrossan.
After 1848 the entire journey could be made by rail, avoiding Ardrossan. The link to the Isle of Man no longer operates, having first been moved to Stranraer, then all Scottish services terminated altogether. Shell-Mex developed an oil refinery in Ardrossan from a World War II aviation-fuel canning factory, and the harbour was expanded for the company's tanker ships to berth. Local residents blocked plans in the 1960s for further expansion of the refinery, limiting the operations that could be carried out there. Operations at Shell-Mex ceased in 1986
Ferries used to Run to Belfast and the Isle of Man all Controlled and coordinated from this Control Tower.
The harbour has been substantially redeveloped as a marina, and the passenger and vehicle ferry to Brodick is still operated by Caledonian MacBrayne.
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[Look Below the No Swimming Sign]
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