General view from WNW

Description General view from WNW

Date 3/3/1970

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

Catalogue Number SC 717829

Category On-line Digital Images

Scope and Content Sheer Legs, Waterloo Quay (Victoria Dock), Aberdeen Harbour, Aberdeen Victoria Dock was Aberdeen's first large dock, built between 1840 and 1848. It was a wet (gated) dock, with both a single pair of gates and a lock to allow vessels to enter and leave when the tide was ebbing and flowing. At first the dock sides seem to have been open. This shows the entrance to the dock, from the north west. The sheer legs were installed to lift heavy objects, especially marine steam engines and boilers. To the right of the sheer legs is the lock, and further right the main channel into the dock. The style of construction of the sheer-legs, which had tubular riveted-plate legs, suggests that they were installed in the 1860s of 70s,, but they were in fact built in 1910, replacing a similar but smaller set immediately to the east. They were demolished in the early 1970s. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

External Reference H35/70/4/22

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File Format (TIF) Tagged Image File Format bitmap