Inverallochy harbour (15670)
Condition
| 6 | |
| Coastguard Station, Line Throwing Gun Site, Rocket Apparatus | |
| Post-Medieval | |
| Aberdeenshire |
Description
| Site of Rocket Apparatus depicted on historical OS. The stump of an iron tripod leg and an iron securing peg survive in this location. Around 120m to the southwest, at the memorial stone is the Rocket Pole, locally known as the Monkey Pole, which represented the mast of a ship in rocket apparatus training and practice sessions. The rocket apparatus is associated with the coastguard station and two wheeled hand cart, the 'rescue cartie' [SCAPE ID 14489]. The rocket apparatus, was developed in the early 19th century by Henry Trengrouse. A rocket carrying a thin line was fired to a ship in distress, and then used to set up a zip line and harness (breeches buoy) from ship to shore to rescue the crew. The apparatus could be taken to the scene of a wreck on a cart. The life saving equipment was installed at several fishing villages in the area in 1826 and was last used at Cairnbulg in 1985. Local information from Hidden Aberdeenshire: the Coast by Fiona-Jane Brown, 2014. |
| The rocket pole is now situated behind a memorial. |
Location
| 403547.05 | |
| 865569.39 | |
| 27700 | |
| 57.6799680 | |
| -1.9421863 |
Submitted photographs
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15/09/2022 | Screen shots of training in the use of rocket apparatus, showing rocket pole. From www.happisburgh.org.uk | joannahambly |
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14/09/2022 | Rocket pole, now situated behind memorial | joannahambly |
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14/09/2022 | Tripod leg and securing pegin foreground, rocket pole just visible in background behind memorial | joannahambly |
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14/09/2022 | Close-up of surviving metal tripod leg | joannahambly |
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05/09/2022 | Close up of securing peg | joannahambly |
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Submitted updates
| Update id | Date | User |
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| 4164 | 05/09/2022 | joannahambly |
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