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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View from near Castlecraig quarry
Ivy Cottage, c1920's l-r: Annie Macleod with her daughter Dolina (Dolly)
Possibly early Ivy Cottage, c.1900.
Shore road - unknown location
Looking south-west from Castlecraig, December 1999.
Sign at Arabella crossroads
Looking from the dunes, where Hi-Fab is, to the White House, Balnabruach and the bay.
The Meeting House (church).
Lower Bayfield.
Majiecks Point looking towards Seaside Cottage.
From pier to remains of Dunskaith and Majiecks Point.
Low road, Seaside Cottage, looking south to where the oil terminal now is.
Black Watch camp at Nigg, c.1915.
YMCA complex at Nigg camp, 1915.
Old Mill House (Roscot), Bayfield c.1950.
Roof of Dunskaith House
Entrance hall of Dunskaith House, c.1950s.
Possibly Nigg golf clubhouse, c.1930s.
Ivy Cottage, c.1920s.
Rose Cottage, c.1920s.
View from roof of Dunskaith House
Possibly Great Granny's cottage ('little granny')
'The Point' c.1950s.
Remains of the old pier jetty (not there now).
View from Nigg Pier towards North Sutor.
View from raised beach looking north.
View from near Castlecraig quarry
Ivy Cottage, c1920's l-r: Annie Macleod with her daughter Dolina (Dolly)
Possibly early Ivy Cottage, c.1900.
Shore road - unknown location
Looking south-west from Castlecraig, December 1999.
Sign at Arabella crossroads
Looking from the dunes, where Hi-Fab is, to the White House, Balnabruach and the bay.
The Meeting House (church).
Lower Bayfield.
Majiecks Point looking towards Seaside Cottage.
From pier to remains of Dunskaith and Majiecks Point.
Low road, Seaside Cottage, looking south to where the oil terminal now is.
 

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