An Historical Account of Peterhead, from the Earliest Period to the Present Time: Comprehending an Account of Its Trade, Shipping, Commerce, and Manufactures, Mineral Wells, Baths, &c. with an Appendix, Containing a Copy of the Original Charter of Erection, Together with All the Bye-laws and Regulations Relative to the Harbours, &c. : Also, a Natural History of the Fishes Found on the Coasts of Buchan |
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... quay , by Smeaton Estimate of improvements of the harbour , by Gwyn Cash expended upon building the South quay Report and Estimate of extending and improving - the harbour of Peterhead , by J. Rennie , Esq . Act for deepening and ...
... quay , by Smeaton Estimate of improvements of the harbour , by Gwyn Cash expended upon building the South quay Report and Estimate of extending and improving - the harbour of Peterhead , by J. Rennie , Esq . Act for deepening and ...
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... quay , although built of very rough material , and without any cement , has withstood the fury of the violent storms which are often experienced upon this coast , for upwards of 200 years , without having suffered the least damage : it ...
... quay , although built of very rough material , and without any cement , has withstood the fury of the violent storms which are often experienced upon this coast , for upwards of 200 years , without having suffered the least damage : it ...
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... quay is now erected , and quarried them up as she went : along this first gave rise to the idea of deepening the harbour ... quays , especially the South one . The outside of the old South quay , which was opposed to the sea , was of a ...
... quay is now erected , and quarried them up as she went : along this first gave rise to the idea of deepening the harbour ... quays , especially the South one . The outside of the old South quay , which was opposed to the sea , was of a ...
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... quay is the reverse of the old one , being convex towards the sea , which is undoubt- edly the most proper plan , as ... quay is 480 feet , greatest breadth 42 feet , height from the base to the top of the parapet 40 feet . The extreme ...
... quay is the reverse of the old one , being convex towards the sea , which is undoubt- edly the most proper plan , as ... quay is 480 feet , greatest breadth 42 feet , height from the base to the top of the parapet 40 feet . The extreme ...
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... quay received considerable damage ; the tide being higher than usual , and the wind blowing in a direc- tion that threw the waves upon the centre of the quay , in one tide upwards of 300 tons of the pavement and cribs were thrown into ...
... quay received considerable damage ; the tide being higher than usual , and the wind blowing in a direc- tion that threw the waves upon the centre of the quay , in one tide upwards of 300 tons of the pavement and cribs were thrown into ...
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1817 LIBRARIES Aberdeen aforesaid appoint Baillie bark bath boat bour burgess Cancer caught CHIGAN coast common gate commonty Crab disponed Earl Marischall east Edinburgh erected Esox expence feet feu duty feuars fewars fish Fleuk forsaids Fucus further enacted Gadus Gilbert governors grassum y'of harbour of Peterhead head hereby Hundred merks inhabitants Inverugie James Arbuthnot John Davidson John Hutchison Keith Keith-inch lighter ling Lord Keith lyand betwixt manner march cairn master Merchant Maiden Merchant Maiden Hospital MICHIGAN north harbour obliged occupied paid penalties person or persons Pleuronectes pounds pounds sterling present quantity quays rates and duties river Ugie rocks roods in length Royal Burghs salmon Scotland Sheriff shillings ship or vessel shore Soal south harbour south pier Squalus sterling stones taste tennement thereof Thomas Arbuthnot three in breadth tons town of Peterhead trade trustees Ugie vulgarly called whilk yards yearly
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