Old ferry terminal &copy; James Allan cc-by-sa/2.0

2013

NO4127 : Old ferry terminal

Old ferry terminal

From these buildings the ferry across the Firth of Tay to Dundee used to operate before the Tay road bridge was opened.

Geographical Context: Village, Rural settlement Business, Retail, Services Roads, Road transport Docks, Harbours Estuary, Marine Former: Ferry other tags: Fife Click a tag, to view other nearby images.

This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Ferry Terminal [7] · Firth of Tay [7] · Building [6] ·

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Grid Square: NO4127, 60 images (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer: James Allan (more nearby)
Date Taken: Friday, 12 July, 2013 (more nearby)
Submitted: Saturday, 13 July, 2013
Subject Location: OSGB36: NO 4186 2769 [10m precision]
WGS84: 56:26.2678N 2:56.6692W
Camera Location: OSGB36: NO 4188 2768
View Direction: West-northwest (about 292 degrees)

Image classification(about): Geograph

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NO4127 : Newport pier NO4127 : Newport-on Tay looking over the old Fyfie pier NO4127 : Old ferry terminal NO4127 : Detail of ferry terminal buildings, Newport on Tay

Independent man-powered ferries from/to Fife have operated here since the 12th century, albeit being brought under the control of the Town Council from 1639. However following a fatal capsize of one of the operators' vessels in 1815, an Act of Parliament was passed to regulate the traffic and soon steamboats were introduced. Ferry operations ceased when the Tay Road Bridge opened in 1966. The jetty is now a boat repair facility.

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