Newhaven Harbour

Category

Library Item

Item no

4785

Title

Newhaven Harbour

Description

A view of Newhaven Harbour, Edinburgh. Six small boats are moored next to the harbour wall. A lighthouse stands at the entrance to the harbour. Fishing nets are draped over the railings. There are groups of men standing on the harbour wall and beside a small circular domed building.

Artist / maker

McKean, John

Date

1892

Size

16.6 x 21.4 cm

Type

Photograph

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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Landscape > Water > Harbours

Places > Edinburgh areas > Leith

Places > Edinburgh areas > Newhaven

Places > Scotland > Edinburgh

Transport > Infrastructure > Lighthouses

Transport > Infrastructure > Piers and wharves

Transport > Water > Boats

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