Inverness, Muirtown Locks View of fishing boats in Muirtown Locks
SC 573103
Description Inverness, Muirtown Locks View of fishing boats in Muirtown Locks
Date 1980
Collection Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
Catalogue Number SC 573103
Category On-line Digital Images
Scope and Content Muirtown Wharf, Caledonian Canal, Inverness, Inverness-shire (Highland council area) The Caledonian Canal was designed by Thomas Telford and built with Government funding with the objectives of providing a safe passage across Scotland, and of providing employment in the Highlands to counter pressure for migration. This view shows the tug and icebreaker 'Scot 2' at Muirtown Wharf, at the top of the Muirtown Locks. This vessel provided sailings on the canal for many years. Note the warehouses behind the vessel, and the hand crane. Steamer services operated from the 1820s to the 1930s from Banavie, at the west end of the canal, to Muirtown, at first with steamer connections from Oban to Corpach, and from the 1890s with a rail link from the West Highland Railway. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
External Reference H80/97/6
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