Forestry Memories

Pulp wood export from Inverness Harbour

Pulp wood export from Inverness Harbour

Date Added: 21 March 2013 Contributor: Norman Davidson Year of Photo: 1988 Picture No: 1778

The photograph is courtesy of the family of George Dey. George took many forestry photographs in his forestry career and many of those are now shown on this web site. Check under ‘Groups’ and George Dey Collection.

At times there was a demand for small round wood from Scandinavia, many Sweden, for their pulp mills on the coast. Various ports in Scotland were used including Buckie and Montrose. Here the wood is piled up along side the quay in Inverness and the PDF shows it being loaded onto a Scotline vessel but cannot make out the two word name.

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Groups: Forestry in Action, George Dey Forestry Collection, Ships, boats and sea transport

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