Suisnish Pier General View
SC 494993
Description Suisnish Pier General View
Date 21/5/1976
Collection Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
Catalogue Number SC 494993
Category On-line Digital Images
Scope and Content Ironstone pier, Suisnish, Raasay Ironstone mining on Raasay was developed by William Baird and Co Ltd from 1913. The stone was roasted in kilns, and shipped from a large concrete-piled steamer pier. The mines were worked intensively during the First World War, but closed soon after. This view shows the pier from the landward end, showing its concrete-piled construction, with the Isle of Skye in the background. The vessel moored to the pier is the vehicular ferry to Skye, which uses a slip to the left of the pier. This pier also served the steamers linking Raasay to the mainland and Skye. The link to Skye is now maintained by a vehicular ferry. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
External Reference H76/119/4
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