View from W showing boats moored in tidal harbour in Arbroath
SC 771569
Description View from W showing boats moored in tidal harbour in Arbroath
Date 7/12/1970
Collection Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
Catalogue Number SC 771569
Category On-line Digital Images
Scope and Content Arbroath Harbour, Angus This shows the east end of the outer harbour, with the bascule bridge over the patent slip in the distance. The fishing boats are small motor 'Fifies' used for seine net inshore fishing for white fish. These boats were already considered old fashioned by 1970. Arbroath harbour was busy in the 1970s and 1980s with fishing boats, and had two boat-building yards, producing wooden boats. Since then the yards have closed, and the local fleet has shrunk dramatically. The harbour at Arbroath has a complex history, but took its present form in 1841-6, when a new rail-linked outer harbour was built, and in 1871-7, when an inner wet dock was made out of the old harbour. The 1871-7 works also included the construction of a patent slip for ship repair. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
External Reference H35/70/67/4
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