General view looking towards pier

Description General view looking towards pier

Date 9/1883

Collection Papers of Erskine Beveridge, antiquarian, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland

Catalogue Number SC 746275

Category On-line Digital Images

Copy of IN 900

Scope and Content Fort William, Highland Fort William, a town at the south-west end of the Great Glen, lies on the eastern shore of Loch Linnhe, on a thin edge of land between steep hills and the loch. The 19th century brought moderate prosperity to the town before it developed in the late Victorian era with the arrival of the railway. Erskine Beveridge photographed the town and the pier c.1890. These neat, two-storeyed whitewashed houses, probably dating from the early 19th century, step down the lochside towards the pier (centre). They have slated roofs and 12-pane Georgian windows, and the house on the left has an exterior stair leading to the upper flat. The stone-built pier, dating from the 19th century, was the town's main point of arrival and departure before the railway link to the south opened in 1894. The town was variously known throughout its history as Gordonsburgh, Maryburgh and Duncansburgh. The original fort, from which the present town takes its name, was built by General Monck in 1654, and rebuilt in the reign of King William III. The town was officially known as Fort William in 1874. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

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