Pictures on this page are reproduced from Heritage members personal collections and are from roughly the 1890's onwards. Dates based on the post marks on the postcards. The present photos were take spring 2007.  To see more pictures of the older era of the Vale of Leven go to Loch-Lomond.net where the sites collection will bring back memories to those who remember the Vale as it was.  A complete History of the Vale of Leven is currently being undertaken on The Vale of Leven Website (http://www.valeofleven.org.uk)

Then and Now

View from Balloch Suspension Bridge 1875 (drawing) 

Same view as top drawing taken some 20 years later, note the railway sleepers up-ended and backfilled to level off ground for railway to Balloch Pier.

100 years on, and the same view from Balloch Bridge 2006 

Jamestown 1924 map.