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Aberdeen Harbour, South Breakwater View from SSW showing beacon and breakwater
SC 444718
Description Aberdeen Harbour, South Breakwater View from SSW showing beacon and breakwater
Date 14/8/1974
Collection Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
Catalogue Number SC 444718
Category On-line Digital Images
Scope and Content Aberdeen Harbour, Aberdeenshire This harbour was in use for many centuries before improvement started in the 1770s. It was originally a natural harbour at the mouth of the river Dee, which was diverted in the 1860s and 70s. This view shows the present south breakwater, built 1870-3, replacing a structure further west by Thomas Telford, completed in 1816. This is an early mass-concrete structure, with a concrete lighthouse at the end. This is still the principal defence of the harbour from easterly gales. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
External Reference H74/203/7
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/collection/444718
File Format (TIF) Tagged Image File Format bitmap
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