Print send to me by Phil Thomas, Glasgow. Every now and again, a nearly completed platform, assembled on its side, can be seen towering over nearby housing, as in the view from Wellesley Road, Buckhaven, seen on the left. Then get in touch by e-mail and lets share them on this page.The tug above (left of barge) was the APOLLO of Ipswich but was owned by McLeod of Alloa for dumping the barges. One of the coal hoists in No. Absolutely nothing remains of pre-1887 Methil and it would be intriguing to know exactly how the former village looked. Methil is an eastern coastal town in Scotland. After this date, coal exports were diverted to Leith, much to the consternation of local people, and Methil was no longer able to hear the distinctive sounds of coal sliding into ships' holds or of wagons colliding with each other as they returned to the sidings powered only by gravity. Developing a world-leading engineering zone. A substantial network of railways and yards served the docks. The docks were fed directly from the colliery and coalwashing plant at Denbeath, renamed the 'Wellesley' after it was enlarged in 1907, employing over 1,600 and producing over 3,500 tons daily. The village's other main industry was salt panning - the production of salt through the evaporation of salt water over coal fires. Methil Dock No 1 (opened 1887) The works included a balanced cut and fill earthworks programme with approximately 150,000m3 of structural fill, as well as filter drainage, security fencing, sub-station demolition, landscaping of non-structural embankment and remedial work to coastal protection. 1 Dock, 1960.Radio Scotland in Methil Dock's.My Uncle (late) Andrew Lawrie taken with the diver.This was my cousin George Lawrie's uncle also.Images below show the development of Methil Docks and theWellesley Colliery for use in building rigs.Photo's taken by William HamiltonLeven Harbour - 1904 (date on postcard)I acquired the following postcard of Leven Harbour.Press on the picture above to view this picture in greater detail.If you can add anything to the above photo's then please e-mail me with your thoughts. Moodie, Master of 'Cutty Sark'.Paddle Tug 'Rebecca' entering No. She visited Methil six times in WW2.2001. Our work on the i3 Strategic Investment Campus facilitated onward development by making the site ready for potential investors. 1 Dock: water area 1.9 ha, quayage 340m. Forth Ports boss praises quay workers April 27, 2020. Estonia.Thanks to John Downie for the above.Foreign Passenger and Cargo Ships Taken Over by U.S Maritime Commission during World War II, On June 6, 1941 there were 84 voluntarily inactive large ships of foreign registry in American ports. On its completion Methil was Scotland’s largest coal port. The original settlement of Methil is thought to have been located, not on the coast of the Firth of Forth, but inland in the vicinity of the present Methilmill Cemetery. The first recorded local landowner, in the 12th century, was Michael of Methil, a descendant of MacDuff, Earl of Fife and an ancestor of the present Wemyss family. Energy Park Fife is a joint venture between Scottish Enterprise and Fife Council. (Thanks to John Downie, Auckland. There was a considerable yard, Methil Yard, to the south of these and dock lines to the south again. No. Methil Heritage - Methil Docks Methil Docks The first dock at Methil (the present Number 1 Dock) was designed by the engineers Gibson & Hopewell and opened in May 1887. Lower Methil. Oblique aerial view of Methil Docks, looking NNE. The project was financed by Randolph Wemyss, the local laird, and, in 1889, ownership was passed to the North British Railway Company. 1 dock was built by Cunningham, Blythe and Westland and completed May 1887. The latter in particular, with its entrance channel and sea wall along the front of the previous docks, was a massive engineering undertaking intended to accommodate at least eight hydraulic coal hoists of which only six were ever constructed. Methil's First Harbour and Staple Industries
The Forth Ports Authority (FPA) was formed in 1968 to control the ports of Leith (NT27NE 57), Grangemouth (NS98SW 7), Burntisland (NT28NW 30), Methil (NT39NE 11), Kirkcaldy (NT29SE 44) and Granton (NT27NW 28), from headquarters at Leith. Although they gave character to the area, they provided the docks' only vehicular entrance through their heyday as a coal exporting port. The fairs began to be held in 1666; a mercat cross was erected but no trace of it has survived. The red boat 'Harvest Reaper' (ML.4) ownedby Alex McKay and Roy Warrender.What was the name of this ship? By using the site, you agree to our use of cookies. In addition, the British Ministry of War Tranport transferred some vessels to the jurisdiction of the War Shipping Administration. Methil Dock No 3 (opened 1912) Both were designed for coal shipment, which finally ceased in 1970. Wemyss Private Railway, which connected to the network. She was torpedoed with the loss of three of her crew while on route from Seaham to Shoreham at the start of the war. Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. Adair, rather earlier, had noted 'two strong, high and well-built moles of hewen stone'. 'Jeremiah O'Brien' - one of the last two remaining libertyships now restored at San Francisco.