Newport Pierhead Area c. 1870
Newport pierhead area, probably around 1870. One of our oldest photographs. The distinctive arched pier buildings have not yet been built (1878) and the Newport Hotel has not yet been extended to side and rear (1890s). The gasworks chimney is in the centre of the picture and Jonas Kidd’s grocer shop on the right is now the upper house on Boat Brae. Immediately to the right of the Newport Hotel is a white building. This was the earlier Newport Inn, erected by the Dundee Guildry in the 1700s, and, by the time of this photograph, Newport’s first post office. It was demolished around 1880 and Trinity Church was built on the site.
Date of creation
1870sDate of coverage
1870 - 1878Place
Newport-on-Tay, Boat Brae and Boat RoadContributor
Loaned by the Berry family for exhibition in 2016License
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC-BY-NC-ND)Reference number
NOT.0234Format
Photograph (1409)
Area
Newport (1194)
Subject
Pier Area (47)
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