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Civil Engineering heritage: Scotland - Highlands and Islands
Date 2007
Event ID 882102
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Publication Account
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/882102
The wet dock at Montrose, constructed from 1839–41, was designed by James Leslie. The dock, a rectangular basin formed of coursed rubble walls, enclosed an area of 312 acres and could accommodate vessels drawing 1912 ft of water at
spring tides and 16 ft at neap tides. It provided 1500 ft ofsheltered quays for the harbour that were sealed from the tidal water of the River South Esk by cast-iron lock gates. In addition the town had about 1700 yards of tidal quays.
Leslie’s dock was filled in from 1980–82, and the harbour is now wholly river berths formed by quay walls and totally tidal. It is mainly used by oil service vessels, and can accommodate boats drawing up to 18–24 ft of water depending on the tide. It is managed by the Montrose Port Authority and its harbour master.
R Paxton and J Shipway 2007b
Reproduced from 'Civil Engineering heritage: Scotland - Highlands and Islands' with kind permission of Thomas Telford Publishers.
