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Rispond, Fishing Station View from W showing SSW front of fish house
SC 498534
Description Rispond, Fishing Station View from W showing SSW front of fish house
Date 28/5/1976
Collection Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
Catalogue Number SC 498534
Category On-line Digital Images
Scope and Content Fishing station, Rispond, Highland This is a group of structures built from c1788 as a fishing station, mainly for salmon. There a pier and quay built of massive rubble blocks,, a two-storey and attic fish house, and two houses, one with wings designed as salmon-boiling houses. This view shows the fish house with its external stair. It has a salmon weather-vane on the far gable. It resembles the rent houses of further east, and may pre-date the establishment of the fishing station. The trade in salmon from Scotland and London was an important one, but the preservation of the fish in transit was a problem. One expedient tried was partial boiling, in cast-iron pots, and this station was designed with this in mind. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
External Reference H76/145/13
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