View looking ENE showing part of SSE front of N transit sheds
SC 712737
Description View looking ENE showing part of SSE front of N transit sheds
Date 25/7/1969
Collection Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
Catalogue Number SC 712737
Category On-line Digital Images
Scope and Content Transit Sheds, Camperdown Dock, Dundee Harbour, Dundee Camperdown Dock and the adjacent Victoria 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 transit sheds on the north quay of Camperdown Dock, looking north east. The wooden doors on this side could be slid open to allow vessels to discharge straight into the sheds, and the rail track allowed either direct discharge into wagons, or wagons to be loaded from the sheds. 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. These transit sheds have now been demolished. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
External Reference H35/69/47/26
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