Rispond, Fishing Station, Rispond House View from WSW showing W and E boiling houses of Rispond House with cottage in background

Description Rispond, Fishing Station, Rispond House View from WSW showing W and E boiling houses of Rispond House with cottage in background

Date 29/5/1976

Collection Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland

Catalogue Number SC 498542

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 dwelling-houses. The wings of the larger one on the right are the parts that housed the fish-boiling pots; they have now been converted for domestic use. 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 H76/146/4

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/collection/498542

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