The Port of Alloa - Clackmannanshire.scot
May 8, 2022 · By the mid 1800s, 2,000 vessels were using the docks at Alloa, and 175,000 tonnes of coal were exported each year. Meanwhile, ships of up to 100ft were also being built at Alloa. Smuggling
A Walk in the Past: The demise of Alloa Harbour
Apr 25, 2018 · The opening of the Kincardine Bridge in 1936 also had an impact with ships docking at Grangemouth then goods transported by road more quickly to the factories and business in Alloa. There was a minor boost to the port during World War II when several ships were re-fitted, and Mulberry Harbours were manufactured at the site, but the decline ...
A Walk in the Past: The 'Boom Time' of Alloa Harbour
Apr 18, 2018 · THERE is little left of Alloa harbour, but it was once a bustling river port with ships trading with Scandinavia and the Low Countries. The first mention of a port was in 1502 when King James IV paid for a ship full of cargo to go to Alloa Pow, or stream.
Alloa Harbour - Canmore
NS89SE 54.01 8845 9200 Dock Warehouse. The harbour is situated on the banks of the Forth at the southern end of The Walk, immediately south of Alloa Glassworks. The harbour is now disused and fenced of. It is difficult to ascertain the extent …
alloa heritage - Walks
Follow this route through the park, signed for Alloa Tower. Now owned by the National Trust, the tower is open from April until the end of October and is worth a look around. It dates from the 14th century. Fine views of the Forth Valley can be had from the rooftop and nearby Clackmannan Tower is clearly visible atop a grassy mound.
Alloa Shipbuilding - Clackmannanshire.scot
Apr 28, 2022 · Grangemouth Dockyard Company are credited with building twenty-one ships at Kelliebank, Alloa (to the west of the Duncanson shipyard) between 1889 and 1892. The steamer 'Godolphin' was built in 1889 at Kelliebank. The 'North Star' was built in 1892 and sunk by a U-boat (U-96) in October 1917. H. McIntyre & Company.
Alloa and its Environs - Clackmannanshire.scot
Jan 14, 2023 · It is confidently expected that the new high loading erection, conjoined with the wet dock now in progress, will have a tendency to increase considerably the shipping at the port of Alloa.
Ports.org.uk / Alloa
By the mid 1800s, 2,000 vessels were using the docks at Alloa and 175,000 tonnes of coal were exported each year. Meanwhile, ships of up to 100ft were also being built at Alloa. In 1885 a railway bridge was built across the Forth to the west of Alloa.
Alloa: Historical perspective for Alloa - The Gazetteer for Scotland
Alloa, a river-port, a seat of manufacture, and the chief town of Clackmannanshire, lies on the N bank of the tidal Forth, which, here emerging from its winding Links, has a width of ¼ mile.*
BBC - Scotland's Landscape : Alloa Harbour
Compare vintage landscape photography with modern rephotographs and explore the landscape of Alloa, a town on the north side of the River Forth in Clackmannanshire.