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Stromness, Sutherland's Pier, Hand Crane General view from SSW showing hand crane, New Pier and North Pier in background
SC 459538
Description Stromness, Sutherland's Pier, Hand Crane General view from SSW showing hand crane, New Pier and North Pier in background
Date 30/4/1976
Collection Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
Catalogue Number SC 459538
Category On-line Digital Images
Scope and Content Hand crane on private quay, Sutherland's Pier, Stromness, Orkney Stromness is the ferry-port of Orkney, and has a long history of trade, for many years being almost entirely a merchant community, with private warehouses lining the shore. Many of these had their own piers and quays, some with hand cranes. This view shows one of the hand cranes, on a private quay. This is typical in scale, but not in detail of these devices. This one is a light post-crane, swivelling round a post sunk into the quay, with a wrought-iron jib. The private quays with their cranes give the Stromness quays a unique character. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
External Reference H76/28/12
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/collection/459538
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