Following the launch of trove.scot in February 2025 we are now planning the retiral of some of our webservices. Canmore will be switched off on 24th June 2025. Information about the closure can be found on the HES website: Retiral of HES web services | Historic Environment Scotland
Aberdeen Harbour, Torry, Sinclair Road, West Leading Light View from NE
SC 444723
Description Aberdeen Harbour, Torry, Sinclair Road, West Leading Light View from NE
Date 14/8/1974
Collection Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
Catalogue Number SC 444723
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 outer one of a pair of leading lights on the Torry side of the Dee, built in 1842, when the Victoria Dock was being constructed. These towers are made of cast iron sections. In recent years the harbour has been very busy with North Sea oil traffic, compensating for the decline in its once-dominant deep-water whit fish trade. It is also the terminus for a roll-on roll-off ferry service to Shetland. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
External Reference H74/203/12
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/collection/444723
File Format (TIF) Tagged Image File Format bitmap
Attribution: © Copyright: HES (Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland)
Licence Type: Full Assignation
You may: copy, display, store and make derivative works [eg documents] solely for licensed personal use at home or solely for licensed educational institution use by staff and students on a secure intranet.
Under these conditions: Display Attribution, No Commercial Use or Sale, No Public Distribution [eg by hand, email, web]
