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The Waverley is the last Clyde steamer.

Syne 1815, steamers wis a wey o gaun aboot doun the River Clyde an aw aboot the Firth o Clyde an aroond the coasts an islands o Scotland. Hunders o fowks gaed doun the watter furri Glesga fair in steamers. In the 1960s, mair fowks wantit tae be uisin caurs, an nou it's aw caur ferries, forby in the simmer the paidle steamer Waverley is aye gaun aboot.