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Kirkwall Basin in the olden time
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Kirkwall Basin in the olden time

For Tall Ships Weekend, Orkney Heritage Society in conjunction with Orkney Archive has prepared a small exhibition about the history of Kirkwall Pier which is 200 years old this year. Thomas Telford prepared the original designs for the Pier and the display which will be on show at the Pier has extracts from original documents from the Orkney Archive showing the local businessmen who paid for half of the costs of the Pier, Telford's original specifications and how the Pier has developed to the present day. There are also photographs of the Pier in different eras. Here is another one that there wasn't room for

Source: Orkney Archive: L8370/3 Gift

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Picture added on 25 July 2011 at 12:34
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