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 
Nigg » Nigg History » Nigg Features » Nigg Features
   
the Shandwick Stone.
Nigg Stone, c 1895
Nigg Stone, c 1895
Press and Journal 4 August 1972 (no details of occasion).
the Shandwick Stone.
Nigg War Memorial
Shandwick Stone c.1926.
Cromarty/Nigg ferry called "Enterprise", circa 1926.
Cattle at Lower Bayfield.
Lower Bayfield, after improvements.
Nigg Old Church and Churchyard
Jasper Vass (Beadle) pointing to the Cholera Stone in Nigg Old Churchyard.
Arch at Nigg Beach, c1937
Nigg Pier, c 1937
Arabella and District Junior Agricultural Club - Constitution and Rules Card
Arabella and District Agricultural club Membership Card
Stretch limo 1930s.
Part of fortification, 1st W.W Camp below Castlecraig House
Woman's Guild Membership Card
Church of Scotland Woman's Guild - Members Card
CDA Competitor's Season Ticket belonging to Alex Mackay
The Bishop's Walk stretched from the shore up to Nigg House.
Shandwick fishing creels etc.
Smuggler's cave.
Nigg Stone
Signpost near Meddat pointing across the ford over the sands of Nigg, 1967.
Gair enclosure in Nigg Old Parish churchyard
The Nigg Stone at the gable end of the church.
View showing the earthworks of Dunskaith Castle in the foreground, the buildings of Nigg camp, the Old Nigg Golf Course, Nigg Ferry and the pier.
Remnants of the old graveyard at Old Shandwick Farm.
Ruined cottage walls at Balnapaling showing lime plaster applied directly on stones.
Use of turf in a ruined cottage at Balnapaling.
Use of turf in a ruined cottage at Balnapaling.
View of cottage in Balnapaling showing front wall, 1968
View of cottage in Balnapaling
Photograph of poster (no year mentioned).
the Shandwick Stone.
Nigg Stone, c 1895
Nigg Stone, c 1895
Press and Journal 4 August 1972 (no details of occasion).
the Shandwick Stone.
Nigg War Memorial
Shandwick Stone c.1926.
Cromarty/Nigg ferry called "Enterprise", circa 1926.
Cattle at Lower Bayfield.
Lower Bayfield, after improvements.
Nigg Old Church and Churchyard
Jasper Vass (Beadle) pointing to the Cholera Stone in Nigg Old Churchyard.
 

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