The Heritage of The Solway Firth

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The Heritage of the Solway Firth
An illustrated account of Solway Firth fishing and coastal traffic. 1817 –1992

By James Irving Hawkins

The Solway Firth is a major tidal estuary that has been used as a line of defence, a trading route and a source of food for thousands of years.

This book traces the story of ship and boat building and the fishing industry during the last 100 years.

Illustrated with more than 150 black and white and colour photographs, line diagrams and maps.

The book contains 124 pages printed in A4 format (210 x 300 millimetres) between semi hard covers.