- TITLE
- Charabanc at the quayside in Campbeltown
- EXTERNAL ID
- QZP27_58_36_28
- PLACENAME
- Campbeltown
- OLD COUNTY/PARISH
- ARGYLL: Campbeltown
- PERIOD
- 1900s
- CREATOR
- Charles & Dennis MacGrory
- SOURCE
- Argyll and Bute Library & Information Service
- ASSET ID
- 30616
- KEYWORDS
- vehicles
transport
charabancs

A boy runs after a charabanc at the quayside, Campbeltown in the early 20th century.
The vehicle was registered on 3rd August 1906 and owned by Charles Wakeham of the Kintyre Motor Co. It is a 16hp Chelmsford steam car with 34" solid rubber wheels and a maximum speed of 12 miles per hour. It was originally painted green with a yellow line. In April 1908, it was sold to an owner in Glasgow.
In 1906 the Kintyre Motor Co advertised that they had the fastest and most up-to-date mode of travelling in Kintyre
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