Nigg and Shandwick Work

Attribution: Anne Gordon & Barbara Scott (Nigg Old Parish Church)

Work Photographs

We have been very fortunate to have received permission to show a large number of photographs covering the various work related activites that have taken place over the decades.  We have shown only a very small sample on this page to whet your appetite.  Please visit the photograph album at the bottom of this page for many more photographs relating to work activities.

Building

Workmen re-building Dunskaith House, c1906
l-r: ? Mackenzie, Donald (Danny) (father of Mr John Ross, Pleasant Cottage), ? Mackenzie, ? Mackenzie (joiner), ?, Andrew Ross (uncle of Miss Helen Macleod), Donald Munro (“Danny the Breach”).

Workmen re-building Dunskaith House, c1906

Attribution: unknown

Agriculture

Photos of harvesting at Cullisse (no date).

Attribution: unknown

Construction of Fabrication Yard

07 Construction continutes

Attribution: unknown

Oil Platform Construction

In the late 20th and very early 21st century the name “Nigg” is synonymous with that of the oil industry. The photos relating to this in the photo album illustrate the huge amount of work necessary to develop the area.

Cromarty on the left.

Attribution: unknown

Renewable Energy Construction

By the second decade of the 21st century focus turned to renewable energy production.  Nigg has been at the forefront of the construction of wind, wave and tidal turbines.  

View more work related photographs.

Welcome to this collection of photographs from Nigg Parish. The originals are held by Mrs Liz Whiteford. The photographs were presented in three albums on the original RCHS website, but as the topics are similar in each album it has been decided to amalgamate them into related groups.  All of the photographs can be viewed in the  Nigg Libraries page of this website.  However, we have included the work related photographs on this page.

Click on photo album to view thumbnails and then click thumbnail to see the full size images 
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the shepherd with his flock.
the shepherd with his flock.
The site in action.
The site in action.
Three horses and binder with two men.
Three horses and binder with two men.
Through the Sutors.
Through the Sutors.
ELF platform. Work on repairing oil platforms began at Nigg and Invergordon. One of the first to be floated out was the Elf platform and the spectacular photographs which follow show it passing through the Sutors. Unfortunately, RCHS has no record of the photographer concerned.
Time to clip sheep at Cullisse.
Time to clip sheep at Cullisse.
Two horses and binder with two men.
Two horses and binder with two men.
Two horses and William Ross
Two horses and William Ross
Two horses and William Ross (in Sunday best?) at Westfield. Hand-operated turnip cutter against the wall.
Workmen re-building Dunskaith House, c1906
Workmen re-building Dunskaith House, c1906
Workmen re-building Dunskaith House, c1906 l-r: ? Mackenzie, Donald (Danny) (father of Mr John Ross, Pleasant Cottage), ? Mackenzie, ? Mackenzie (joiner), ?, Andrew Ross (uncle of Miss Helen Macleod), Donald Munro ("Danny the Breach").
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