NK1346 : Peterhead ship-lift

near to Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, Great Britain

Peterhead ship-lift
Peterhead ship-lift
Modern hydraulic lift capable of raising large fishing vessels onto land and moving them into a repair shed (just visible at extreme right).

In the foreground is the 1885 dry dock originally built to repair the wooden vessels of the greenland whaling fleet based in Peterhead.
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2003
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Martyn Gorman   (find more nearby)
Image classification
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Date Taken
Friday, 21 March, 2003   (more nearby)
Submitted
Monday, 29 May, 2006
Category
Harbour   (more nearby)
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NK 137 461 [100m precision]
WGS84: 57:30.2938N 1:46.3820W
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