This very early photograph of the harbour area at Lower Largo dates to 1876 and was taken by John Patrick, a photographer who was based in Leven, prior to a move to Kirkcaldy and later to Edinburgh. Born in 1831, Patrick had an established book-selling and photography business by 1860 (see advert below from that year) and had contributed to the illustration of the 1860 book 'The Handy Guide to the Fife Coast' of the same year. His original Calotype images were some of the earliest of Fife. In the next post - a bit more about this local pioneering photographer.
His Largo photo above gives a unique view of the harbour area at this time - not long after the building of the viaduct. Note the thatched roof on the house at the far left of the image and also on the house at the left end of the row of white houses on the Drummochy side of the foot bridge over the Keil Burn. A chimney from the Largo Oil and Cake Mill (former flax mill) can be seen rising up above the viaduct to the left. At the time of the taking of this image, the harbour would have been a busy place with many local boat owners. The Cardy works opened in 1867, employing around 60 local women in the net manufacturing business - more on that another time...
His Largo photo above gives a unique view of the harbour area at this time - not long after the building of the viaduct. Note the thatched roof on the house at the far left of the image and also on the house at the left end of the row of white houses on the Drummochy side of the foot bridge over the Keil Burn. A chimney from the Largo Oil and Cake Mill (former flax mill) can be seen rising up above the viaduct to the left. At the time of the taking of this image, the harbour would have been a busy place with many local boat owners. The Cardy works opened in 1867, employing around 60 local women in the net manufacturing business - more on that another time...
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