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With the absence of rail links
within and between the islands, and relatively few sheltered harbours to
allow localised deliveries of goods, road transport has been vital to the
survival and prosperity of the numerous, scattered, coastal
communities of the Western Isles.
LEFT: Typical of a small, family run, transport business in rural
Lewis during the 1920s and '30s, the vehicle was owned by John MacKay
(An Uisdean) of Carishader in Uig, Lewis. |
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based in the communities they served, typified the business landscape during
the first half of the century. This was also very much the case with
transport companies, which ran single-vehicle or small fleet operations
between rural villages and the main centres of population, such as the ports
of Stornoway, Tarbert, Lochmaddy, Lochboisdale and Castlebay in Barra. |
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RIGHT:
Donald MacLeod, a shop owner and merchant from Eoropie, Ness, Isle
of Lewis, is pictured here with his first 7cwt van. It was a
left-hand drive Model T Ford, registration number JS 1042. |
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Some of the transport firms
that have served the Western Isles over the years |
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Please click on link below for information about featured firms [THIS
SECTION IS STILL TO BE UPDATED] |
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