Canada And The States Recollections 1851 To 1886 By Sir E. W. Watkin

























































































































































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Tory Island is the turning point - I might say pivot point - for all
steam and sailing vessels coming from the - Page 36
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"Tory Island Is The Turning Point - I Might Say Pivot Point - For All Steam And Sailing Vessels Coming From The South And Across The Western Ocean, And Using The North Of Ireland Route For Liverpool, Londonderry, Belfast, Glasgow, And A Host Of Other Ports And Places.

It can be approached with safety at a distance of half-a-mile, near the lighthouse, as the water is deep close to, there being twenty fathoms at a distance of one-third of a mile from the Island.

"The steamers of all the Canadian lines pass this point - the Allan, the Beaver, the Anchor, the Dominion - while all the steam lines beginning and ending at Glasgow, Greenock, and other Scotch ports do the same. Again, all sailing vessels, carrying a great commerce for Liverpool and ports up to Greenock and Glasgow, and round the north of Scotland to Newcastle and the East Coast ports, would be largely served by this proposal. Repeating that this is a question of saving life and of aiding navigation at an infinitesimal cost, I will now proceed to show the various benefits involved.

"First of all it would save five hours, as compared with present plans, in signalling information of the passing to and fro of steamships. As respect all Canadian and many other steamers it would also expedite the mails, by enabling the steam tenders at Loch Foyle to come out and meet the ships outside at Innishowen Head; and this gain of time would often save a tide across the bar at Liverpool, and sometimes a day to the passengers going on by trains.

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