Campbeltown Shipbuilding Co
Archibald MacEachern founded the Campbelltown yard in 1877. Th eyard is based at trench Point and waspreviously the site of 1th Century earthwoks. It is based at the entrance to campbelltown Loch in Scotland.
Shipbuilding
1880s - The yard built steamers for Glasgow based comapnies. in additon it also built a steamer for Australian coastal services, and this was the first of many steamers built at the yard.
- 1900s - The yard made a steam yacht and a number of large ships along with
- World War I - Two colliers and two standard types were built during the War. The workforce increased to 300 men but almost immediatley afterwards the yard began to go into decline
- 1920s - After building 110 ships the yard closed down in 1922.
- 1969Campbelltown Shipyard Ltd opened on the site of the yard. It was a subsidiary of Lithgows. It had a workforceof 22 and built fishing vessels. The workforce increased to 150 but the yard closed permanently in 1980.