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Port Seton, Harbour View of inner basin, from SE

SC 451696

Description Port Seton, Harbour View of inner basin, from SE

Date 4/10/1974

Collection Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland

Catalogue Number SC 451696

Category On-line Digital Images

Scope and Content Port Seton Harbour, East Lothian This is a fishing harbour, rebuilt at the beginning of the late 19th century boom in drift-netting for herring which followed the invention of mechanised net making. It consists of two breakwater piers with angled heads. and a central jetty. This view shows the central jetty, with seine-net fishing boats moored to it. The boats are typical of the period. Port Seton is now the only significant fishing harbour in the Lothians. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

External Reference H74/244/1

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/collection/451696

File Format (TIF) Tagged Image File Format bitmap

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Collection Level (551 147) Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland

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