Stromness, Lighthouse Commissioners' Pier View from SW showing SSW front of lighthouse Commissioners' Pier in distance
SC 459605
Description Stromness, Lighthouse Commissioners' Pier View from SW showing SSW front of lighthouse Commissioners' Pier in distance
Date 1/5/1976
Collection Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
Catalogue Number SC 459605
Category On-line Digital Images
Scope and Content Private quays, 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. This view shows the Stromness waterfront from the south, with private quays and piers extending to the Northern Lighthouse Board's pier, with one of the Board's tenders. This vessel serviced the Board's lights and buoys in the north. Though long disused for commerce, many of the private port facilities retain much of their original character, including hand cranes. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
External Reference H76/32/14
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