Eyemouth Harbour, New Quay View from NE showing new quay and footbridge
SC 525303
Description Eyemouth Harbour, New Quay View from NE showing new quay and footbridge
Date 10/4/1978
Collection Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
Catalogue Number SC 525303
Category On-line Digital Images
Scope and Content Eyemouth Harbour, Berwickshire The harbour at Eyemouth is fundamentally a natural one, at the mouth of the Eye Water. It was formalised in 1768 by John Smeaton, and substantially rebuilt in concrete in 1885-7, during the herring boom of the 1880s, by Thomas Meik and Son. This view shows the harbour from the south east, looking towards the landward end. On the left is the artificial channel created for the Eye Water, with behind it the large basin, both part of the 1880s works. The new harbour was made in the aftermath of a disaster in 1881 which claimed the lives of many herring fishermen at the mouth of the old harbour. A new basin was formed in the mid 1990s to the south of the 1880s works. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
External Reference H78/50/1
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