Ship unloading at Bo'ness Docks

Maker
A Phillip
Production date
Circa 1920
 Description
View of a steamship being unloaded by a dockside crane. Pit-props are being lifted out of the hold and deposited on rail wagons. There is a sailing ship further along the quay and another at the far quay.

This photo is not available as a scanned image. You can see the original in the Archives in Callendar House.

Object detail

Department
Photo
Maker
Production date
Circa 1920
Subject place
Bo'ness Docks/Bo'ness town centre/Bo'ness area
Subject notes
When long wall coal mining replaced the stoop and room method, the roof was kept up by timbers rather than columns of coal. A young cashier in Bo'ness saw the efficiency of importing ready cut timber in various sizes from Russia and Scandinavia. Soon Bo'ness was nicknamed 'Proptown' and smelt of resin.
Accession number
P12329

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