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View from NE showing coaster in dock
SC 739741
Description View from NE showing coaster in dock
Date 11/8/1970
Collection Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
Catalogue Number SC 739741
Category On-line Digital Images
Scope and Content Basin, Ayr Harbour, Ayr, South Ayrshire This shows part of the east quay of the basin, with a coal hoist, loading a collier with coal for Belfast. The hoist could handle a loaded coal wagon using a conveyor to discharge its contents into the hold of the ship. The vessel is one of a fleet owned by John Kelly Ltd of Belfast. The coal hoist seen here was installed in the 1930s. There were also coaling cranes on the north and west quays. All this equipment was designed for handling traditional small coal wagons. In the 1970s these were replaced by conveyor systems installed to handle coal from hopper wagons. This basin was originally built as a wet dock on the north side of the harbour, constructed in 1874-8, and intended primarily for coal and iron shipment. It has remained in use for coal shipment, with a succession of up-dated mechanical handling devices, but the dock gates have long been abandoned. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
External Reference H35/70/42/23
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