North Queensferry, Town Pier View showing part of deck of pier
SC 554086
Description North Queensferry, Town Pier View showing part of deck of pier
Date 1979
Collection Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
Catalogue Number SC 554086
Category On-line Digital Images
Scope and Content Town Pier, North Queensferry This was one of two large ferry piers forming the northern terminals of the Queen's Ferry across the Forth, important from early medieval times or earlier until supplanted by a road bridge to the west in 1964. This pier was designed by John Rennie. This view shows a detail of the construction of the sea wall on the west side of the pier. The large sandstone blocks forming the cope have been notched to take whinstone keys to prevent sideways movement of individual blocks. This expensive form of construction indicates the importance of the ferry in the early 19th century. This pier came back into use in the mid-1990s, when an aquarium was opened in North Queensferry, served in the summer by a ferry from South Queensferry. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
External Reference H79/37/10
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