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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 694502
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/694502
NS43SW 743.00 40906 30162
NO43SW 743.01 NO 40921 30187 Panmure Shipyard
For general summary of Dundee Harbour and the Port of Dundee, see NO43SW 109.
NO 4090 3016 A Level 2 historical standing building survey was carried out at the former Panmure Harbour Workshops. The office and factory of the former W R Stewart Ltd (Hacklemakers) was also examined. The old harbour workshops are associated with ship-building and repair and was the launch site of RSS Discovery. Part of the slip that launched this vessel is still visible and also formed part of the survey. The work showed that a blacksmith's shop owned by the former Nicoll and Jack (blacksmiths and lifting gear) still contained several features of historical interest, including forges and engine plinths. Within part of the loft of the hacklemaking factory, original 19th-century queen-post roof trusses were also recorded. Historical research showed that the buildings have had a protracted history of use dating from the early 19th century through to the early 1990s when they were abandoned.
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Mike Cressey, 2006.
