. The Civil engineer and architect's journal, scientific and railway gazette. Architecture; Civil engineering; Science. 20 THE CIVIL KNCINEER AND ARCHITECTS JOURNAL. [January, INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERS. March 12.—The President in the Chair. Town and Harbour of '. "Account of the Town and Harbour of Piilteney-Toivn (Wicli, Caithness), from ttieir origin in 1803 to tlie year ;—By James Bremneb, M. Inst. C. E. Pultenev-Town and Haihour, situated in N. latitude 58^ 20' 45" and W. lonf'ilude 3° 3' 56", are the property of the British Fisheries Society, wh
. The Civil engineer and architect's journal, scientific and railway gazette. Architecture; Civil engineering; Science. 20 THE CIVIL KNCINEER AND ARCHITECTS JOURNAL. [January, INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERS. March 12.—The President in the Chair. Town and Harbour of '. "Account of the Town and Harbour of Piilteney-Toivn (Wicli, Caithness), from ttieir origin in 1803 to tlie year ;—By James Bremneb, M. Inst. C. E. Pultenev-Town and Haihour, situated in N. latitude 58^ 20' 45" and W. lonf'ilude 3° 3' 56", are the property of the British Fisheries Society, which was°established under Acts of Parliament, for the purposes of extending the fislieries, and improving; tlie sea-coasts of Nortii Britain. They were under these Acts, empowered to construct this harbour, which, with the town, was planned by Mr. Telford in 1803 ; both are located npon the property of Sir George Dtnihar of Ilempriggs, and are separated from the bnrgli of Wick by the river, which is spanned by a stone bridge of three arches, with a clear water-wav of 156 feet: it was built in 1S05 by Mr. G. Burn, also from the designs of Mr. Telford. In the same year, the old or north harbour (Fig. 1), was commenced. With the exception of the pier heads, which were founded by the author, for the contractor, at a depth of 4 feel below low-water mark, the outer walls were all constructed above that level, on a bed of bine clay mixed with stones. The works were of ordinary construction, having behind the face-walls clay puddle, within which, sand was used as hearting. A mass of boulders, whose tops reached the level of half tide, lay outside the pier heads, and protected them from the action of the sea. This harbour was finished in 1811 at an expense of .£10,400. The bed of Wick Bay is sand to a considerable depth ; this sand, when disturbed by storms, is driven in great quantities to tiie head of the bay, where the river empties itself into the sea; with freshes, in easy w
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