St Abbs Harbour View from W, looking out to sea
SC 490987
Description St Abbs Harbour View from W, looking out to sea
Date 1974
Collection Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
Catalogue Number SC 490987
Category On-line Digital Images
Scope and Content St Abbs Harbour, Berwickshire (The Scottish Borders council) This harbour was first formed by constructing two masonry piers to form a basin, with natural rock outcrops forming the base of one of the piers, and also a breakwater. In the late 19th century two concrete outer breakwater piers were added. This view shows the harbour from the west, with the 1833 piers on the right, and the concrete piers in the background and on the left. Note the lifeboat shed beyond the 1833 harbour, and the small inshore fishing boats to the left. The harbour was enlarged during the late 19th century herring boom, but in the 20th century larger fishing boats were introduced, and the use of this harbour declined. It was still being used by inshore boats in the 1990s. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
External Reference H74/73/12
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