Stornoway Harbour View of South Beach Quay, from SE
SC 461324
Description Stornoway Harbour View of South Beach Quay, from SE
Date 23/4/1976
Collection Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
Catalogue Number SC 461324
Category On-line Digital Images
Scope and Content Stornoway Harbour, Lewis, Ross and Cromarty Stornoway Harbour is essentially a natural inlet, improved by the construction of an outer breakwater, two piers, and a long line of quays forming an inner harbour. These works were constructed over a long period, starting in the 1780s. This view shows part of the inner harbour, with some of the seine-netting fleet operating from the port, and built with Government assistance. The varnished hulls of the two nearest boats were typical of West Coast boats. Stornoway was one of the great herring ports in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, when the British fleets of sailing drifters followed the herring shoals round the coast. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
External Reference H76/9/7
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