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Lift Bridge (20th Century)

Site Name Peterhead Harbour, Bridge Street, Bridge

Classification Lift Bridge (20th Century)

Alternative Name(s) Peterhead Harbour, Rolling Lift Bridge; Junction Canal Bridge

Canmore ID 79513

Site Number NK14NW 142

NGR NK 13735 46024

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Detailed view of bridge control cabin

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Detailed view of bridge control cabin

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1994

© RCAHMS

General oblique aerial view.

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General oblique aerial view.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

1994

© Crown Copyright: HES

Detail of curved girder on which bridge rolls when being raised and lowered

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Detail of curved girder on which bridge rolls when being raised and lowered

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1994

© RCAHMS

View from WNW, with bridge in raised position (closed to traffic)

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View from WNW, with bridge in raised position (closed to traffic)

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1994

© RCAHMS

View from north of Peterhead Harbour lift bridge (built in 1953) in open position

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View from north of Peterhead Harbour lift bridge (built in 1953) in open position

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View from WNW of pedestrian walkway, with bridge lowered (closed to harbour shipping)

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View from WNW of pedestrian walkway, with bridge lowered (closed to harbour shipping)

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1994

© RCAHMS

View from SE, with bridge in raised position (closed to traffic)

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View from SE, with bridge in raised position (closed to traffic)

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1994

© RCAHMS

View from ENE, with bridge in raised position (closed to traffic)

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View from ENE, with bridge in raised position (closed to traffic)

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1994

© RCAHMS

View from W, with bridge in raised position (closed to traffic)

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View from W, with bridge in raised position (closed to traffic)

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1994

© RCAHMS

South and North Harbours, Peterhead. Oblique aerial photograph taken facing north. This image has been produced from a print.

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South and North Harbours, Peterhead. Oblique aerial photograph taken facing north. This image has been produced from a print.

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Records of Aerofilms Ltd, aerial photographers, Bristol, England

24/4/1948

© HES (Aerofilms Collection)

General oblique aerial view.

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General oblique aerial view.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

1994

© Crown Copyright: HES

Oblique aerial view centred on the harbours, town house, tollbooth and lifting bridge, taken from the SW.

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Oblique aerial view centred on the harbours, town house, tollbooth and lifting bridge, taken from the SW.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

3/5/2001

© Crown Copyright: HES

View from SSE, with bridge in raised position (closed to traffic)

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View from SSE, with bridge in raised position (closed to traffic)

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1994

© RCAHMS

General oblique aerial view.

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General oblique aerial view.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

1994

© Crown Copyright: HES

View from SSE, with bridge lowered (closed to harbour shipping)

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View from SSE, with bridge lowered (closed to harbour shipping)

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1994

© RCAHMS

View from WNW, with bridge in raised position (closed to traffic)

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View from WNW, with bridge in raised position (closed to traffic)

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1994

© RCAHMS

General oblique aerial view.

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General oblique aerial view.

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General oblique aerial view.

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General oblique aerial view.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

1994

© Crown Copyright: HES

General oblique aerial view.

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General oblique aerial view.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

1994

© Crown Copyright: HES

View from WNW, with bridge lowered (closed to harbour shipping)

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View from WNW, with bridge lowered (closed to harbour shipping)

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1994

© RCAHMS

General oblique aerial view.

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General oblique aerial view.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

14/6/1994

© Crown Copyright: HES

View from SE, with bridge lowered (closed to harbour shipping)

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View from SE, with bridge lowered (closed to harbour shipping)

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1994

© RCAHMS

Detail of 1953 Sir William Arrol & Co. plaque

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Detail of 1953 Sir William Arrol & Co. plaque

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1994

© RCAHMS

Peterhead Harbour, Lifting Bridge
View across harbour

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Peterhead Harbour, Lifting Bridge View across harbour

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Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland

19/8/1976

© HES. Reproduced courtesy of J R Hume

General oblique aerial view.

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General oblique aerial view.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

1994

© Crown Copyright: HES

General oblique aerial view.

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General oblique aerial view.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

14/6/1994

© Crown Copyright: HES

Oblique aerial view centred on the harbours, town house, tollbooth and lifting bridge, taken from the W.

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Oblique aerial view centred on the harbours, town house, tollbooth and lifting bridge, taken from the W.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

3/5/2001

© Crown Copyright: HES

Detailed view of bridge control cabin

General oblique aerial view.

Detail of curved girder on which bridge rolls when being raised and lowered

View from WNW, with bridge in raised position (closed to traffic)

View from north of Peterhead Harbour lift bridge (built in 1953) in open position

View from WNW of pedestrian walkway, with bridge lowered (closed to harbour shipping)

View from SE, with bridge in raised position (closed to traffic)

View from ENE, with bridge in raised position (closed to traffic)

View from W, with bridge in raised position (closed to traffic)

South and North Harbours, Peterhead. Oblique aerial photograph taken facing north. This image has been produced from a print.

General oblique aerial view.

Oblique aerial view centred on the harbours, town house, tollbooth and lifting bridge, taken from the SW.

View from SSE, with bridge in raised position (closed to traffic)

General oblique aerial view.

View from SSE, with bridge lowered (closed to harbour shipping)

View from WNW, with bridge in raised position (closed to traffic)

General oblique aerial view.

General oblique aerial view.

General oblique aerial view.

View from WNW, with bridge lowered (closed to harbour shipping)

General oblique aerial view.

View from SE, with bridge lowered (closed to harbour shipping)

Detail of 1953 Sir William Arrol & Co. plaque

Peterhead Harbour, Lifting Bridge
View across harbour

General oblique aerial view.

General oblique aerial view.

Oblique aerial view centred on the harbours, town house, tollbooth and lifting bridge, taken from the W.

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Administrative Areas

Council Aberdeenshire
Parish Peterhead
Former Region Grampian
Former District Banff And Buchan
Former County Aberdeenshire

Archaeology Notes

NK14NW 142 13735 46024

Location formerly cited as NK 1374 4602.

A rolling-lift bridge.

Information from RCAHMS June 1995

This bridge carries Bridge Street, Peterhead over the inner harbour at Peterhead between North Harbour (name centred NK 1380 4625) and the South Harbour (name centred NK 1370 4594).

Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 19 December 2007.

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