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comparatively limited character, the old piers of the 

 south harbour having been built by Smeaton ; but im- 

 provements proceeded apace with the enterprise and 

 wealth of the inhabitants. Mr. Rennie, and after him 

 Mr. Telford, fully reported as to the capabilities of the 

 port and the best means of improving it. Mr. Rennie 

 recommended the deepening of the south harbour and 

 the extension of the jetty of the west pier, at the same 

 time cutting off all projections of rock from Keith 

 Fsland on the eastward, so as to render the access 



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more easy. The harbour, when thus finished, would, he 

 estimated, give about 17 feet depth at high water of 

 spring tides. He also proposed to open a communica- 

 tion across the causeway between the north and south 

 harbours, and form a wet dock between them, 580 feet 

 long and 225 feet wide, the water being kept in by 

 gates at each end. He further proposed to provide an 

 entirely new harbour, by constructing two extensive 

 piers for the effectual protection of the northern part 

 of the channel, running out one from a rock north of 

 the Green Island, about 680 feet long, and another 



