sar023946 SCOTLAND (1955). General View Wick, Caithness, Scotland. An oblique aerial photograph taken facing East. This image was marked by AeroPictorial Ltd for photo editing.

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Title [SAR023946] General View Wick, Caithness, Scotland. An oblique aerial photograph taken facing East. This image was marked by AeroPictorial Ltd for photo editing.
Reference SAR023946
Date 1955
Link Canmore Collection item 1438431
Place name
Parish WICK
District CAITHNESS
Country SCOTLAND
Easting / Northing 336344, 951005
Longitude / Latitude -3.090558740851, 58.443040568872
National Grid Reference ND363510

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redmist
Tuesday 2nd of February 2021 08:56:56 PM
2ndWW Coast Artillery Battery.

redmist
Tuesday 2nd of February 2021 08:56:36 PM
Engine Shed Engine shed during reconstruction 1974.

Billy Turner
Tuesday 24th of November 2015 04:04:40 PM
Wick Station (front), Caithness.

Billy Turner
Tuesday 24th of November 2015 03:14:14 PM
Wick Station (rear), Caithness. This station was built by the Sutherland and Caithness Railway. It is unusual for a station of its character in Scotland in having a train shed, a concession to the climate. This view shows the train shed from the departure end. The blanked-off ventilators on the roof-ridge were designed to extract the smoke of steam locomotives in the station. The other terminus of this railway, Thurso, has a very similar building. The building constructed at Strome Ferry, originally the terminus of the Dingwall and Skye railway, was similar too. This was converted to a through platform when the line was extended to Kyle. The overall roof burned down in the 1930s. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

Billy Turner
Tuesday 24th of November 2015 03:12:57 PM

Billy Turner
Monday 23rd of November 2015 07:58:55 PM
Lumberyard, Union Street.

Billy Turner
Monday 23rd of November 2015 07:41:55 PM
Pultneytown Harbour, Wick, Caithness The construction of this harbour began in 1824, to designs by Thomas Telford, on the south side of Wick. It consists of two large basins formed by a breakwater to the east, a long north pier, and a third pier running north east from the south side. This view shows the concrete lighthouse on the end of the east breakwater, built c1905, and clearly designed to resist the extraordinary force of the waves that can assail this harbour. This was in the 19th century on of the most important herring ports in the world, and these very large basins were well occupied. In the mid 19th century the building of outer breakwaters to make Wick Bay a harbour of refuge proved impossible. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

Billy Turner
Monday 23rd of November 2015 07:22:28 PM
Lower Pulteneytown, North Pier

Billy Turner
Monday 23rd of November 2015 07:20:02 PM
Warehouse, Harbour Quay - Looking up Saltoun Street

Billy Turner
Monday 23rd of November 2015 07:05:18 PM
Old Fish Market, Harbour Road Wick, Highland Wick, a royal burgh since 1589, remained a small town until after 1801 when Thomas Telford planned the harbour and new town on behalf of the British Fisheries Society. By the middle of the 19th century, Wick was Europe's largest herring port. The Old Fish Market was probably constructed in the late 19th century. Its canopy is supported by cast iron columns and spandrels. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

Billy Turner
Monday 23rd of November 2015 06:33:05 PM
Wick Town Hall, Bridge Street. Highland Wick Town Hall replaced an 18th-century tolbooth which was so insecure that the council suffered severe financial penalties because of escapes. The original design was considered too costly and a smaller, more compact scheme was adopted. Originally there was a courtyard at the rear with two identical prison blocks. These have been demolished and replaced by later extensions. A new sheriff court-house was built next door, to the north-east, in 1862-63. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

Billy Turner
Monday 23rd of November 2015 05:47:07 PM
The War Memorial on Wick Road was constructed in 1923. The bronze figure, by Percy Portsmouth, represents Victory. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN

Billy Turner
Monday 23rd of November 2015 05:41:22 PM
Wick Martyrs' Free Church, Sinclair Terrace. Free Church was originally built as a Reformed Presbyterian Church in 1839. The church is a simple harled building with two storeys. The Reformed Presbyterian Church formed in 1743 from Presbyterians who rejected the 1690 state establishment of the Church of Scotland. The denomination survives, though most of its congregation joined the Free Church of Scotland in 1876. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

Billy Turner
Monday 23rd of November 2015 05:29:23 PM
Breadalbane Crescent, a royal burgh since 1589, remained a small town until after 1801 when Thomas Telford planned the harbour and new town on behalf of the British Fisheries Society. By the middle of the 19th century, Wick was Europe's largest herring port. Breadalbane Crescent was built in about 1860, but in the old-fashioned Georgian style of a half-century earlier. The attic level is lit by dormer windows. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

Billy Turner
Monday 23rd of November 2015 05:23:39 PM
Argyle Square, a royal burgh since 1589, remained a small town until after 1801 when Thomas Telford planned the harbour and new town on behalf of the British Fisheries Society. By the middle of the 19th century, Wick was Europe's largest herring port. These houses on Argyle Square date from the 19th century. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

Billy Turner
Monday 23rd of November 2015 05:16:23 PM
Harbour Bridge, Wick. Despite some fears about the stability of the bridge in recent years due to pounding by heavy seas engineers still say it is safe. In the past few years works around the harbour have lessened the forces of waves on the bridge in stormy weather.

Billy Turner
Monday 23rd of November 2015 05:00:57 PM
Looking down-river towards the Bridge of Wick

Billy Turner
Monday 23rd of November 2015 04:57:31 PM
Ebenezer Place, the world's shortest street. In 2006 the BBC reported that the Guinness Book of Records had confirmed the world's shortest street, Ebenezer Place measuring 2.06 metres, and containing just one door. It had not previously qualified for the record because it did not have a full postal address.

Billy Turner
Monday 23rd of November 2015 04:53:23 PM
VICKERS MACHINE GUN EMPLACEMENT: S0001790

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Wednesday 15th of July 2015 07:04:49 PM

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Wednesday 15th of July 2015 07:06:07 PM
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