General view looking ENE showing coasters in number 1 dock
SC 733346
Description General view looking ENE showing coasters in number 1 dock
Date 23/6/1970
Collection Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
Catalogue Number SC 733346
Category On-line Digital Images
Scope and Content Methil Harbour (Methil Docks), Fife Methil was developed as a port from 1887 when a small wet dock was built for R Erskine Wemyss. Between 1894 and 1913 it was greatly enlarged by the North British Railway to become Fife's leading coal-exporting port. It was served by two North British Railway branches and by the Wemyss Private Railway. This shows the north-east corner of number 1 Dock from the south west. This dock was built in 1884-87 for R Erskine Wemyss for shipping coal from the developing coalfield in the vicinity. These coasters were probably importing timber from Scandinavia. The Methil Docks and associated collieries had until the 1960s a concentration of railway lines unmatched in Scotland. The closure of the last large collieries in this part of Fife led to the end of coal shipments from Methil in 1970. The dock remains open for general cargo traffic. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
External Reference H35/70/24/8
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