View from W showing fishing boats and part of S pier

Description View from W showing fishing boats and part of S pier

Date 8/1970

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

Catalogue Number SC 767181

Category On-line Digital Images

Scope and Content Harbour and Piers, Mallaig, Highland This shows fishing boats in the harbour, which is formed by the steamer pier, part of which is seen here, and by a timber-faced quay and pier. The small boats on the right are used for inshore fishing, and the larger one on the left for deep-sea fishing. Until the early 1960s the catch was taken to market by rail. Though the West Highland Extension Railway was built to link with ferry services to the Western Isles, and to encourage the development of the fishing industry, both of these functions have now ended. Because of its scenic beauty it now carries a heavy tourist traffic in summer. Mallaig is the western terminus of the West Highland Extension Railway, which runs from Banavie to Mallaig, and which was opened in 1901. It was built to provide a rail-linked terminus for steamer services to the Outer Isles, and to encourage the fishing industry, and a harbour was built as part of the scheme. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

External Reference H35/70/50/33

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/collection/767181

File Format (TIF) Tagged Image File Format bitmap