Port Mulgrave – July 1982

Originally a fishing port, the harbour at Port Mulgrave was used as the only feasible transportation point for iron stone quarried from the Grinkle Mine. In use from the late 1870s till 1917; the machinery on the jetty was being dismantled in 1934 when the wooden gantry accidentally caught fire. The Royal Engineers subsequently destroyed the breakwater on the seaward side to prevent German invasion, even less remains that that shown in this 1982 image.

Image courtesy of The Pem Holliday Collection.