The Fifies "Scotscraig" and "Abercraig" moored at Dundee, decorated with bunting prior to their last sailings on 18th August 1966.
Photograph of Scotscraig and Abercraig ferries laid up in Dundee harbour after the closure of the service in 1966. Both ships would eventually end their days in Malta.
The ferry "Scotscraig" on an evening crossing from Dundee, probably around 1960.
Postcard of the Sir William High ferry. The Sir William High operated on the crossing from 1924 until 1953.
The Abercraig approaching the Newport ferry pier with a clear Dundee in the background.
The Abercraig moored at Newport pier.
The Abercraig with a glimpse of the rail bridge in the distance.
The Scotscraig photographed from the Abercraig.
The Captain on the bridge of the B.L. Nairn on one of the last ferry crossings of the Tay, 1966.
A construction worker on the temporary bridge ignores a passing Fifie.
A close-up photograph of the Scotscraig with the new road bridge under construction in the background.
Good photograph of the Abercraig in mid-river heading for Dundee. The Abercraig was in operation from 1939 until 1966 when the ferry service ended.
Clearly some sort of special occasion on the Sir William High. The William High was built at the Caledon shipyard in Dundee and was named after Lord Provost William High. The ferry served on the crossing from 1924 until 1953. After the provost's knighthood in 1929 the ferry was also given the title Sir. Perhaps ...
Postcard entitled 'Evening on the Tay'. In the foreground is the old pier at the bottom of Granary Lane.
The pier at Newport around 1840, with the steamship Union. Tayfield House is in the background and Seamills Cottage is the only other building still standing. Also visible is Chapel House on the left, and the Seamills beyond the pier.
Two versions of the same postcard view of the ferry Dundee approaching Dundee. The Dundee was in operation on the crossing from 1875 until 1917.
Two versions of the same postcard, one coloured, showing the Fifeshire steam ferry. The Fifeshire was in operation on the crossing from 1858 until 1929, an astonishing 71 years.
An early postcard view of one of the Fifies, probably the Dundee, approaching Newport pier. The Dundee operated on the crossing from 1875 until 1917.
1950s view of cars queuing to board the Abercraig at Craig Pier, Dundee while passengers disembark.
The Scotscraig at Newport pier.
A view from above the pier of the Scotscraig heading for Dundee.
Out on deck as the Fifie heads for Newport.
Lovely image of the B L Nairn. There seems to be some sort of activity going on at the front of the boat - we believe this may have been the B L Nairn being towed away for scrap. The B L Nairn was in operation from 1929 until 1966.
Two sunset views of the ferry Scotscraig at Dundee.
