Old Photograph Pierhead Street Newport On Tay Fife Scotland

Old photograph of a vintage car, shops, houses and people on Pierhead Street in Newport-on-Tay in Fife, across from Dundee, Scotland. The Fife Coastal Walking Path passes through Newport-on-Tay. The area itself is surrounded by views of the two bridges that cross the River Tay and distant views of the Scottish Highlands. The town was established near the endpoint of one part of a ferry route that itself was started in the 12th century. In 1715 a new pier and inn were built, the work being funded by the Guilds of Dundee which resulted in the settlement being nicknames " New Dundee ". Thomas Telford built a new harbour in the 1820s, and the town expanded and grew into a commuter suburb of Dundee as the prosperous jute manufacturers, industrialists and the middle and upper working class of Dundee established fashionable residences in Newport.



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