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View looking E showing WSW front

SC 712743

Description View looking E showing WSW front

Date 25/7/1969

Collection Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland

Catalogue Number SC 712743

Category On-line Digital Images

Scope and Content Swing Footbridge (Dock Gate), 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 top of the floating caisson dock gate at the entrance to Victoria Dock from Camperdown Dock, seen here in the background. The footbridge seen here is supported on top of the caisson chamber. To open the gate water was pumped out so that the caisson could float and be turned. When the caisson was in the open position, a two-section swing footbridge could be swung into place as an alternative crossing. The Victoria and Camperdown docks had declined considerably in importance by 1969, and the Victoria Dock has since closed to commercial traffic. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

External Reference H35/69/47/31

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/collection/712743

File Format (TIF) Tagged Image File Format bitmap

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People and Organisations

Events

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Attribution: © HES. Reproduced courtesy of J R Hume

Licence Type: Permission to Reproduce

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