Inverkeithing, Ward's Ship Breaking Yard, Number 3 Jetty

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Ship Breaking Yard (20th Century)

Site Name Inverkeithing, Ward's Ship Breaking Yard, Number 3 Jetty

Classification Ship Breaking Yard (20th Century)

Alternative Name(s) Inverkeithing Bay, Thomas Ward And Sons Shipbreaking Yard

Canmore ID 178927

Site Number NT18SW 113.03

NGR NT 1285 8202

NGR Description Centred NT1285 8202 and NT1270 8205 to NT1297 8203

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Digital Images

SC 1440848

Inverkeithing Bay, Thomas Ward and Sons Shipbreaking Yard, Number 3 Jetty Jetty No.3: view from SE showing 25-ton-lift Butters travelling derrick crane (with 120ft jib)

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

6/10/1999

DP 096754

Thomas Ward and Sons Shipbreaking Yard, Inverkeithing. Oblique aerial photograph taken facing west. The vessels include a mine damaged large bulk carrier, a small bulk carrier, two large passenger liners and a general cargo ship.

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Records of Aerofilms Ltd, aerial photographers, Bristol, England

4/10/1947

SC 1258117

Thomas Ward and Sons Shipbreaking Yard, Inverkeithing. Oblique aerial photograph taken facing east.

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Records of Aerofilms Ltd, aerial photographers, Bristol, England

7/8/1937

SC 1315165

Thomas Ward and Sons Shipbreaking Yard, Inverkeithing and Firth of Forth. Oblique aerial photograph taken facing west. This image has been produced from a print.

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Records of Aerofilms Ltd, aerial photographers, Bristol, England

20/4/1949

DP 154321

Oblique aerial view during construction of the New Forth Bridge Crossing, looking to the E.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital

10/5/2013

DP 096750

Oblique aerial view centred on Thomas Ward and Sons Shipbreaking Yard and Caldwells Paper Mill, Inverkeithing, in 1947, facing north-east. The vessels include a mine damaged large bulk carrier, a small bulk carrier, two large passenger liners and a general cargo ship.

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Records of Aerofilms Ltd, aerial photographers, Bristol, England

4/10/1947

SC 1314705

Thomas Ward and Sons Shipbreaking Yard, Inverkeithing. Oblique aerial photograph taken facing north-east. This image has been produced from a crop marked print.

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Records of Aerofilms Ltd, aerial photographers, Bristol, England

4/10/1947

SC 2507308

Inverkeithing Bay, Thomas Ward and Sons Shipbreaking Yard, Number 3 Jetty Jetty No.3: view from SE showing 25-ton-lift Butters travelling derrick crane (with 120ft jib)

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

6/10/1999

DP 096751

Thomas Ward and Sons Shipbreaking Yard, Inverkeithing. Oblique aerial photograph taken facing north-west. The vessels include a mine damaged large bulk carrier, a small bulk carrier, two large passenger liners and a general cargo ship.

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Records of Aerofilms Ltd, aerial photographers, Bristol, England

4/10/1947

DP 096752

Thomas Ward and Sons Shipbreaking Yard, Inverkeithing. Oblique aerial photograph taken facing east. The vessels include a mine damaged large bulk carrier, a small bulk carrier, two large passenger liners and a general cargo ship.

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Records of Aerofilms Ltd, aerial photographers, Bristol, England

4/10/1947

SC 1269180

Thomas Ward and Sons Shipbreaking Yard and Caldwells Paper Mill, Inverkeithing. Oblique aerial photograph taken facing north. This image has been produced from a damaged negative.

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Records of Aerofilms Ltd, aerial photographers, Bristol, England

20/4/1949

SC 1269182

Thomas Ward and Sons Shipbreaking Yard and Caldwells Paper Mill, Inverkeithing. Oblique aerial photograph taken facing north.

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Records of Aerofilms Ltd, aerial photographers, Bristol, England

20/4/1949

DP 096753

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Records of Aerofilms Ltd, aerial photographers, Bristol, England

4/10/1947

SC 2507309

Inverkeithing Bay, Thomas Ward and Sons Shipbreaking Yard, Number 3 Jetty Jetty No.3: view from SE showing 25-ton-lift Butters travelling derrick crane (with 120ft jib)

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

6/10/1999

SC 1269179

Thomas Ward and Sons Shipbreaking Yard, Inverkeithing. Oblique aerial photograph taken facing east.

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Records of Aerofilms Ltd, aerial photographers, Bristol, England

20/4/1949

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Administrative Areas

Council Fife
Parish Inverkeithing
Former Region Fife
Former District Dunfermline
Former County Fife

Archaeology Notes

NT18SW 113.03 centred 1285 8202 and 1270 8205 to 1297 8203

During October 1999 RCAHMS conducted a photographic survey of Ward's Shipbreaking Yard. The purpose of this survey was to enhance and augment the existing holdings of the National Monuments Record Scotland.

Visited by RCAHMS (MKO), October 1997

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