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Harbour, built in 1878 by engineer William Dyce Cay, and extended in 1910-32 by Charles Brand and Sons, Glasgow. It is a long continuous concrete pier with high seaward wall running North-East to South-West and angled at the harbour entrance. This is known as the North-West Pier, and the smaller angled section as the North Pier. Three parallel jetties perpendicular to the shore, and another to the West pointing North, form five basins. There are slipways at both ends of the harbour. It incorporates the earlier small Cluny Harbour (now the two easternmost basins), and was the first large concrete harbour to be constructed in Scotland. To the north northeast, at the west end of Ianstown, another small basin was added in the early-mid 20th Century, with two breakwaters forming a polygonal basin used by an expanding ship-building industry. This basin is no longer in use. There is a lighthouse on the North Pier. It is a low, six-storey circular painted concrete lighthouse, tapering to a projecting concrete balcony at the upper stage, and supporting a small circular metal framed light. The entrance is in the South face, with regular fenestration above. The leading light is on the shore to the South of the harbour, and the former lifeboat station is to the West (NJ46NW0051). It superseded Buckpool Harbour to the West, contributing towards its disuse (NJ46NW0010). The following ships have sunk in the harbour at various times: Brothers (NJ46NW0024), George (NJ46NW0032), Gowan Brae (NJ46NW0034), Look Out (NJ46NW0046), Alexander and Helen (NJ46NW0037), and Zypher (NJ46NW0043).
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NJ46NW0006 - BUCKIE HARBOUR