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The Stank Dumfries

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Date

c.1845

Artist

William Costen Aitken (1817-1876)

Collection

Dumfries Museum

Description

This applies to a small portion of the River Nith where a part of the quay forms an angle & where coal boats are usually moored to unload their Cargoes. This name originally applied to a small drain in which a small stream flowed across the Dock from the Dock Well to the river. it is now applied by Sailors &. others to the part of the river above described near which the same stream issues from a covered drain in the Nith.

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Location

Dock Park, Dumfries, Scotland

Country

Scotland