The Clocktower

Thank goodness its Thursday - it always feels as if the working week is almost done when it gets to this point. The weekend is nigh :-) Weather not too bad today - cloudy then brighter with a light wind.

Wandered up to the sandwich shop at City Quay where I work and had the sense to stop for a while and take some pictures for once! For a small area it has quite a lot of history attached to it. Although now called City Quay it was formerley known as Victoria Docks and was one of the later docks to be built in Dundee, being completed in 1875 to the design of Thomas Telford. At that time the area would be an hubbub of activity with boats offloading Jute and Whaling and fishing boats offloading their catches.

At one point at the head of the Quay was a station and there is still evidence of train tracks running along the edge of the harbour.

In the picture is the magnificent Clocktower. The Clocktower Warehouse began life in the 1860?s as a grain elevator ? it is six storeys high, and the clocktower is the main landmark in Dundee?s eastern docks. When the Clocktower opened in 1861, it was first used to store grain brought in from Nicolaieff on the Black Sea, and the importer was J.F. White, of Dundee Flour Mills in East Dock Street. Long after it ceased to be used as a granary, the Italianate-style building became a warehouse, latterly belonging to Knightpack Removals. They moved out around 2002. I stored some stuff with them in 1985 - I never did get my lovely leather boots and some other prized possession back.

It has recently been repaired to its former glory and converted to bijoux waterfront apartments. You can still snap one up if you have a spare 300-500K :)