Newhaven Harbour

Category

Library Item

Item no

14873

Title

Newhaven Harbour

Description

Fishermen gather round the harbour wall at Newhaven Harbour, Edinburgh. A lighthouse stands facing the Fife coast and the masts of fishing boats can be seen above the harbour wall. A broad cobbled road lies in the foreground. On a street corner a man in a bowler hat stands underneath a street light.

Artist / maker

McKean, John

Date

1892

Size

16.5 x 21.5 cm

Type

Glass negative

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

Newhaven was founded by James IV in 1504 as a royal dockyard. It became an important fishing village, famous initially for oysters and later herring. An indoor fish market was built there in 1896. Newhaven fishwives, with their distinctive striped clothes, sold their goods around Edinburgh. David Octavius Hill and Robert Adamson famously photographed these fishwives and other Newhaven residents in the 1840's. The area now has a population of roughly five thousand.

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People > Agriculture and fisheries > Fishermen

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Places > Edinburgh areas > Newhaven

Places > Scotland > Edinburgh

Transport > Infrastructure > Lighthouses

Transport > Water > Boats

(55°58′54″N, 3°11′48″W)

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