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Location: Inverary Pier The Vital Spark, a clyde puffer, first built in Hull in 1944, has had 4 names during its life. She was first known as Vic 72, then the Elseda before being known as the Eilean Eisdeal, and finally being renamed as Vital Spark after Inverary writer Neil Munro’s stories and BBC TV show based on them, in 2006. She was initially built as a store carrier. The boat was then motorised in 1969 and became a cargo vessel, which remained one of her main functions until being withdrawn from service in 1994. She was, at one time, also used around islands for dredging coal form other sunken vessels. Vital Spark is registered with National Historic Ships UK, due to it being one of a few puffers still in use, and is deemed to be of national importance. It now currently sits at Inverary Pier, located on Loch Fyne. Inverary Pier at the moment is centre of a fundraising effort. The pier has been privately owned for over 20 years, but now the community group Inspire Inverary along with the community council have the opportunity to bring the ownership back to the community. It I the communities hopes that ownership would allow work to be carried out to enable the pier to open to the public once again, to enjoy a walk along the pier or simply just to be able to launch from the pier. To be able to do this, a fundraising campaign was kicked off in September 2020, through a donation box located at the start of the pier and through a GoFundMe page. P.S could anyone enlighten me to what the metal structure is that the donation box is attached to. Is it an anchor of some sort? . . #oneeyedsnaps #scotland #scotland_insta #scotlandcreates #your_scotland #ig_scotland #igscotland #visitscotland #scottishvisuals #bestscotlandpics #stvsnaps #bbcscotlandpics #bbcphotography #scotlandphotography #scotlandshots #scotlandphotographer #hiddenscotland #photography #nikon #nikond3500 #uk  #scotlandisnow #lensbible #scotland #inverary #inverarypier #sea #boat #vitalspark #lochfyne #clydepuffer (at Inveraray) https://www.instagram.com/p/COn_judDpSP/?igshid=1typgqe5lnxaa