Publication Account

Date 2013

Event ID 967295

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Publication Account

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/967295

HARBOUR WORKSHOPS, PATENT SLIP AND PANMURE YARD: Reclaimed ground between Victoria Dock and the sea contains the Harbour Workshops and steam-hauled patent slip, built 1837. The still-visible

upper part of the 545-foot ramp (NO 40870 30181, NO43SW 1001.02) shows the large dimensions of ships hauled out of Earl Grey Dock on a cradle.

The width of paddle steamers had made existing dry docks useless. The engine was removed in the early 1960s. An arcaded smiddy operated south of the chimney, to test and repair chains. Also converted to housing is the brick-built Panmure Shipyard of Alex. Stephen and Sons / Dundee Shipbuilders Co. (NO 40921 30187, NO43SW 743.01). The nearest slip into the River Tay is that from which RRS Discovery was launched in 1901. Artwork in granite records this in the hollow shape of the ship’s ribs.