View from W showing WSW and NNW fronts of five-storey and attic warehouse
SC 712734
Description View from W showing WSW and NNW fronts of five-storey and attic warehouse
Date 25/7/1969
Collection Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
Catalogue Number SC 712734
Category On-line Digital Images
Scope and Content Warehouse, Victoria Dock, Dundee Harbour, Dundee Victoria Dock and the adjacent Camperdown Dock were constructed in 1863-75 to serve Dundee's growing trade in jute, flax and general cargo. Both were equipped with single-storey transit sheds on their north quays, and Victoria Dock had in addition a five-storey warehouse at its north-east corner. This shows the five-storey warehouse from the north west, with part of the transit sheds to the right. Note the clock tower at its west end. In the foreground is part of the harbour tramway, still in use in 1969. The Camperdown Dock is behind the warehouse. The Victoria and Camperdown docks had declined considerably in importance by 1969, and the Victoria Dock has since closed to commercial traffic. It now houses HMS 'Unicorn', a wooden warship of 1815. The warehouse and transit sheds still survive. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
External Reference H35/69/47/23
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