In Balloch, a project is currently under way to restore the Maid of the Loch paddle steamer, and get it sailing once again on Loch Lomond. The Heritage Lottery Fund has promised the Loch Lomond Steamship Company, which owns the Maid, £3.8m if the charity can raise the other £1.7. The Maid is moored at Balloch Pier, and re=opened to the public on Friday, March 25.
Local Olympic hero, Lachie Stewart, donated a model of the Loch Lomond paddle steamer to be put on display.
John Beveridge, director of LLSC, was quoted by the Reporter: “Lachie has kindly donated his fantastic model to us to put on display for everyone to see. "The detail is incredible and it may inspire children and adults to consider model-making. We are very grateful to Lachie for his generosity in giving us his model as part of our collection that we can show visitors”.
Maid of the Loch was built by A. & J. Inglis of Glasgow and was launched on Thursday 5 March 1953. She is a "knock down" ship: that is, after assembly at the shipyard she was dismantled, and shipped to the loch (by rail to Balloch at the south end of the loch), and there her sections were reassembled on a purpose built slipway. Her tonnage measures 555 grt, and the length is 208 ft (63 m). Her two cylinder compound diagonal steam engine is less advanced than had become usual on steamers such as the PS Waverley, but was considered suitable for the limited area of operations.
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