View from S of milling area, with surviving boiler-house chimney in background Digital image of C 68902 CN

Description View from S of milling area, with surviving boiler-house chimney in background Digital image of C 68902 CN

Date 5/6/1996

Collection Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

Catalogue Number SC 794244

Category On-line Digital Images

Copy of C 68902 CN

Scope and Content Milling area, Whaling Station, Bunaveneadar, Harris, Western Isles, from south-south-east This is a view of the 'milling' area at the whaling station, with the surviving boiler house chimney in the background. Bunaveneadar whaling station, which was founded by a Norwegian, Carl Herlofson in 1904, was very productive whilst it was operating. Between 1905 and 1914 it produced 5,600 barrels of whale oil on average every year. At the outbreak of World War I the station was shut until 1920. In 1922 it was bought by Lord Leverhulme, the owner of Harris since 1920. The station was closed in 1928, after £2 million had been spent on the project. Lewis and Harris are both parts of the same island, collectively known as 'the Long Island', which is the most northerly in the Outer Hebrides. Together they are about 95km in length and around 32km at the widest point. Most of Lewis is quite low-lying, whereas Harris is mountainous. Bunaveneadar is situated on the west coast of Harris. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

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