StoneRoad2013's photos with the keyword: Admiralty Harbour of Refuge
PQR - Rocks Board
PQR - Refuge Board
PQR - Yard and Pier
14 Mar 2014 |
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As there are two gun emplacements in this view, I assume that it was taken during WW2 by reconnaissance aircraft.
PQR - Quarry Station
14 Mar 2014 |
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Stirling Hill Quarry Station. Date not known.
A group of convicts (ie those with prison sentences that included "hard labour") about to board the train that will return them to Peterhead Prison - with such short shadows, probably for their mid-day meal - just over two and a half miles away. In the foreground is a train on tipper waggons, loaded with the granite for further processing in the Admiralty Yard, next to the prison.
PQR - original plan / map
14 Mar 2014 |
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The south breakwater was built at a slightly different angle to on this map, which does give you the overall locations of the main features and the Prison / Harbour Railway.
PQR - Admiralty Yard
14 Mar 2014 |
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Chart of the work yard. The south breakwater in the Bay is to the left and Peterhead prison is below the area shown in this orientation.
Note: North is to the left on this chart, which is well out of copyright.
PQR - van on the way
TiG - Study the ship scales
22 Sep 2012 |
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We watched the vessel with the orange superstructure come into the Harbour of Refuge. The two little orange boats in the marina in the foreground are oil rig "drop" escape boats.
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