Burntisland Harbour, Waiting Room View from E showing SE and NE fronts
SC 610143
Description Burntisland Harbour, Waiting Room View from E showing SE and NE fronts
Date 29/10/1967
Collection Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
Catalogue Number SC 610143
Category On-line Digital Images
Scope and Content Waiting Rooms, Burntisland Harbour, Burntisland, Fife This waiting-room block was provided for passengers using the ferry service to Granton, which, from 1847 to 1890, connected at both ends with rail passenger services. The service continued after the opening of the Forth Bridge, not terminating until 1940. This shows the building from the north-east. As can be seen it looked just like a small railway station, and was probably built by the North British Railway, as part of the harbour improvements it undertook from about 1870. In 1967 the building was used as an office, and the harbour was a fairly quiet backwater. With the coming of North Sea Oil in the 1970s pressure on land at the port increased, and this building was demolished. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
External Reference H67/389/2A
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