SPW017723 SCOTLAND (1927). Grangemouth Docks and Harbour. An oblique aerial photograph taken facing north.
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| Title | [SPW017723] Grangemouth Docks and Harbour. An oblique aerial photograph taken facing north. |
| Reference | SPW017723 |
| Date | 1927 |
| Link | Canmore Collection item 1256149 |
| Place name | |
| Parish | GRANGEMOUTH |
| District | FALKIRK |
| Country | SCOTLAND |
| Easting / Northing | 294100, 682660 |
| Longitude / Latitude | -3.6993538950317, 56.025174582141 |
| National Grid Reference | NS941827 |
Pins
 coal hoists |
 MB |
Monday 17th of September 2012 10:13:17 AM |
| coal hoists |
MB |
Monday 17th of September 2012 10:13:10 AM |
| Mining Depot |
patoflarbert |
Wednesday 25th of July 2012 08:20:27 AM |
| C shed |
patoflarbert |
Wednesday 25th of July 2012 08:18:37 AM |
| Caisson Bridge |
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Wednesday 25th of July 2012 08:16:19 AM |
| Grangemouth Docks Caledonian Railway Company, Power Station Electricity Works |
cell |
Monday 23rd of July 2012 09:05:47 PM |
User Comment Contributions
 Scotland's sole oil refinery, Grangemouth was opened just three years before this photograph was taken (1927). The advantageous location in close proximity to the docks is evident. |
AlMu |
Monday 24th of December 2012 03:12:17 PM |
Grangemouth was the port used in World War I to supply Sir John Jellicoe's Grand Fleet at Scapa Flow in the Orkney Islands with coal. The coal was hauled by 'Jellicoe Specials' running day and night throughout much of the war from South Wales. Only Welsh coal was good enough for the Royal Navy's steam-powered warships. For further details see Keith Turton's 'Admiralty Coal Traffic during the First World War. The 'Jellicoe Trains' Parts 1 and 2', Railway Archive, 19 and 20, Lightmoor Press, 2008. Or my shorter account in Back Track, vol 20, no 8, August 2006 |
MB |
Monday 17th of September 2012 10:25:43 AM |
Grangemouth Docks Caledonian Railway Company, Power Station Electricity Works opened in 1884 |
cell |
Monday 23rd of July 2012 09:06:28 PM |