Aerial view of Wick, Pulteneytown, Lower Pulteneytown and the harbours

Description Aerial view of Wick, Pulteneytown, Lower Pulteneytown and the harbours

Date 1991

Collection RCAHMS Aerial Photography

Catalogue Number SC 1675365

Category On-line Digital Images

Copy of B 49608

Scope and Content Wick harbour and Pulteneytown, Wick, Caithness, Highland This view shows Wick harbour at the mouth of the River Wick and part of the model fishing village of Pulteneytown (right) on the south side of the river. The new town was named after Sir William Pulteney (1729-1805), the Chairman of the Fisheries Commission. Wick is situated on the north-east coast of Caithness and takes its name from the Old Norse 'vik', meaning bay. Pulteneytown comprises an area of Wick to the south of the river that was designed and built in the early 19th century by Thomas Telford (1757-1834) to house fishermen and their families. The first stone quay was built in 1768. In 1810 harbour improvements were made by Telford who also bridged the River Wick (bottom left), improving connections between Wick and Pulteneytown. By the mid-19th century, Wick was the largest herring port in Europe with around 1000 fishing boats operating out of the harbour. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

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