Old Photograph Pier Newport On Tay Fife Scotland

Old photograph of a ferry by the pier in Newport-on-Tay in Fife, across from Dundee, Scotland. The Dundee to Newport ferry closed in 1966 on the opening of the Tay Road Bridge. The town was established near the endpoint of one part of a ferry route on the Firth of Tay 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 called originally being called 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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Old Photograph Taynuilt And Coach To Glent Nant Scotland

Old photograph of passengers and coach to Glen Nant in Taynuilt, Argyll, Scotland.





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Old Photograph Horse And Carriage Edzell Scotland

Old photograph of horses and carriage and passengers in Edzell, Angus, Scotland. Horse and carriage transport in Scotland evolved from the introduction of coaches in the late 16th century to their zenith in the 18th and 19th centuries, eventually being superseded by railways. Early public coaches began in 1610 between Edinburgh and Leith, while private carriages became popular with the nobility by 1700. The "golden age" of stagecoaches in the 18th and 19th centuries saw a network of reliable transport for passengers and mail, followed by a decline with the rise of the railway

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Old Photograph Primside Yetholm Scotland

Old photograph of cottages and houses in Primside by Yetholm, Scottish Borders, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Robert Burns House Dumfries Scotland

Old photograph of two women standing outside the house where Robert Burns spent the last few years of his life in Dumfries, Scotland.



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