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Today's #AuctionHouseArtefact is a grim reminder of one of Leith's 20th century heritage: industrial whaling. A photographic album "of the Antarctic whaling expedition of the SOUTHERN VENTURER", a Christian Salvesen's factory whaling ship out of Leith 🚢🐳 www.the-saleroom.com/en-gb/auctio...
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Show threadAndy Arthur💃🏰⚓🦌 Threadinburgh 🧵Apr 5, 2025
More on Leith shipping, the Salvesens and industrial whaling in this here thread what I wrote 🧵🔗 threadinburgh.scot/2022/11/22/t...

The thread about Leith shippin...
The thread about Leith shipping owners; industrial whaling, the penguins of Edinburgh Zoo and “Homes for Heroes”

The Port of Leith naturally give rise to many local shipowners. The stories of these men and their families is interwoven with the story of Leith and Edinburgh. This thread looks at two such exampl…

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Show threadAndy Arthur💃🏰⚓🦌 Threadinburgh 🧵Apr 5, 2025
The Southern Venturer was a huge, helicopter -equipped whaling factory ship, a class of vessel pioneered by the Salvesens of Leith. Overwhaling lead to diminishing harvests and ever increasing industrialisation in response in a vicious feedback circle