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The boiling of whale blubber, with its associated vile stink, took
place in boilyards on Keith Inch, as far away from the centre of
town as possible.
The boilyards are long gone but there is still evidence to be seen
of the industry.
This
niche set into a wall along Pleasure Walk once housed the lower
jaw of a whale, probably a Greenland right whale, or bowhead as
it is now known. Presumably the arch led into a yard involved in
the whale industry. Note the blue commemorative plaque.
©Martyn Gorman
Wall with a niche for a whale jawbone, Keith Inch, Peterhead,
2002
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Today,
the area has been largely taken over as a supply base for the storage
of heavy equipment used in the offshore North Seal Oil Industry.
©Martyn Gorman
Boil yards used for storage by North Sea oil industry 2000
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