Pricing Change
New pricing for orders of material from this site will come into place shortly. Charges for supply of digital images, digitisation on demand, prints and licensing will be altered.
View from ESE showing moored fishing boats in basin
SC 767183
Description View from ESE showing moored fishing boats in basin
Date 8/1970
Collection Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
Catalogue Number SC 767183
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 (also seen here) and pier. These boats are used for inshore fishing for white fish using seine nets. Until the early 1960s the catch was taken to market by rail. These boats were typical of the west-coast fleet, built with Government assistance after World War II, and distinguished from the bulk of the East Coast fleet in having varnished, rather than painted, hulls. This type of boat has now all but disappeared. 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 H35/70/50/35
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/collection/767183
File Format (TIF) Tagged Image File Format bitmap
Attribution: © Copyright: HES. (Reproduced courtesy of J R Hume).
Licence Type: Legacy Agreement/Bespoke
You may: copy, display, store and make derivative works [eg documents] solely for licensed personal use at home or solely for licensed educational institution use by staff and students on a secure intranet.
Under these conditions: Display Attribution, No Commercial Use or Sale, No Public Distribution [eg by hand, email, web]
