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Stanley Ross Smith was a local architect, canal enthusiast and in 1978 Chairman of the Scottish Inland Waterways Association. In 1978, he and his wife purchased the narrow boat Thomas Telford and brought it to Edinburgh.
The story is told in an Edinburgh Evening News article:
Thomas Telford at the opening of the Scott Russell Aqueduct and Soliton Wave event.
Stanley Ross-Smith and his family were to play a major part in the development of the Seagull Trust.
Stanley Ross-Smith and his family were to play a major part in the development of the Seagull Trust.
Letter from, Hugh Mackay to Stanley Ross-Smith as Chairman of SIWA about the relationship between Seagull Trust and SIWA.
Thomas Telford in 2013
After Stanley & June Ross-Smith moved to Fair Isle, ownership of Thomas Telford passed to Ralph Allerdyce at Port Clifton on the Union Canal. The Barge was usually berthed there until 2019 when ownership changed again.
Mackay passing Thomas Telford at Port Clifton.
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