Edinburgh at Work - 1990s

Croan & Sons

Kipper factory beside Newhaven Fishmarket and Harbour

Oak sawdust for smoking kippers

Edinburgh at Work - Croan & Son, kipper factory, Newhaven

©  Copyright: Peter Stubbs                                                                                                           Photograph taken September 15, 1993

 

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   Edinburgh at Work - Croan & Son, kipper factory, Newhaven ©

 

Croan's Kippers

History

Croan & Sons had a large low kipper factory, close to Newhaven Fishmarket,  where they smoked kippers in ovens, using a fire of oak sawdust.

The factory moved in the mid-1990s, further west along the coast to West Shore Road, Granton.

Kippers

The picture at the top of this page shows the oak sawdust used to smoke the kippers.

Here are some trays of kippers being smoked in Croan's factory

Edinburgh at Work - Croan & Son, kipper factory, Newhaven ©

 

Croan & Sons  -  kippers

Edinburgh at Work

   

 

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