A photograph of the Mars Boys in the Woodhaven workshop supervised by Chief Officer Burn and William Bowman.
This photograph was in a drawer, but the finder had no knowledge of anyone in his family being on the ship. To date the boy has not been identified.
Photographs of the four men who commanded the Mars Ship from 1869 to 1929.
A photograph of a gravestone in Forgan Cemetery commemorating three boys who tragically drowned in 1873.
Photographs of the Mars boys building a rest camp for invalid boys from Dundee.
The Mars boys at Elie enjoying a sing-song with Chief Officer Burns.
A photograph of the tender to the Mars, the Francis Molison, at Woodhaven Pier, with the boys undertaking a series of drills.
Two photographs of the Mars boys participating in outdoor activities at Elie.
A photograph of Chief Officer Flynn and the boat crews at Woodhaven, with the Mars in the background.
A photograph of Mars boys in the joinery workshop under the watchful eye of Alexander McDougall, ship's carpenter.
An astonishing photograph of the signatures etched into glass of three of the engineers on the first Tay Rail Bridge. They are Albert Grothe (chief engineer), Frederick Reeves and ___ Neuzille. The signatures are still on the window of the house in East Newport where Reeves was staying and they are dated 9 October 1874.
Fallen girders in the water after the Tay Bridge disaster. Interesting to note how little building there was in the Wormit area even after the first bridge had been in operation.
The Mars boys in the classroom on board the Mars.
When the fallen girders were located on the river bed, it was found that much of the train was still within them. The carriages were completely empty, an indication of the strength of the current out in the river that night.
Newport Bowling Club £1 share certificate to raise funds for a new bowling green in Kilnburn Park, Scott Street in the 1870s
Dr John Stewart was Newport's first general practitioner and was recommended to the people of Newport by Professor Simpson of chloroform fame. Lovaine was built on Cupar Road for Doctor Stewart, and he used it as his surgery and residence.
The general practice surgery was at the rear of the building, entered through the back yard.
View of the Congregational Church at the bottom of Kilnburn. The church closed in 1986 and was demolished in 1991.
A new water supply had been brought over the new bridge from Dundee to Newport and Tayport. Here we have the Illustrated London News artist's impression of the severed pipe and rails.
The shore at Broughty Ferry became the landing ground for an enormous collection of personal effects and luggage. Here we have the Illustrated London News artist's impression of the scene.
View from south of first Tay Rail Bridge. Fourteen columns out from this side the column design changes from brick to lattice ironwork. Also note how the Newport line branches off out over the river.
A view of the first Tay Bridge under construction. In the foreground is the Wormit Foundry where many of the faulty columns were cast.
The Wormit Foundry on Bay Road. The foundry was established half-way through construction of the first rail bridge when the column design was changed from solid brick to lattice cast iron. In the public inquiry which followed the disaster, it was found that there were serious flaws in the standard of work carried out at ...
View from the north of the first Tay Rail Bridge showing the fairly sharp curve at the Dundee end of the bridge. The very slender nature of the bridge is apparent.
