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1890 (Date is a guess)
Taken at Broonstoon, Stromness during the building of the Waterworks.
Does anybody know any of these men?
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Picture added on 15 February 2011 at 21:58
Three supervisors, a foreman and five workmen, one of whom looks as if he might have been doing some actual digging. Nothing changes.
Added by Ian Hourston on 15 February 2011
I must do some research but I am pretty sure that my Grandfather, Samuel Firth had the contract to build Stromness Waterworks
Added by Barbara West on 17 February 2011
You wouldn't happen to have any photos of the Waterworks under construction would you?
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Added by Vivienne Rorie on 23 February 2011