Wick, Lower Pulteneytown, Lower Harbour General view of Lower Harbour, looking inland
SC 435455
Description Wick, Lower Pulteneytown, Lower Harbour General view of Lower Harbour, looking inland
Date 1974
Collection Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
Catalogue Number SC 435455
Category On-line Digital Images
Scope and Content Pultneytown Harbour, Wick, Caithness The construction of this harbour began in 1824, to designs by Thomas Telford, on the south side of Wick. It consists of two large basins formed by a breakwater to the east, a long north pier, and a third pier running north east from the south side. This view shows the western end of the inner basin, with some fishing boats typical of those using the harbour in the 1970s. The houses in the background are in Upper Pultneytown, the residential part of the new town linked to the harbour. This was in the 19th century on of the most important herring ports in the world, and these very large basins were well occupied. In the mid 19th century the building of outer breakwaters to make Wick Bay a harbour of refuge proved impossible Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
External Reference H74/140/14
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