Special Cattle Sale 2 March 2009 - Lairage Facility
When photographing loading at OAM it was noted that the wagons left and returned empty very quickly. Following one wagonload revealed that the cattle were being taken to a separate lairage building near Hatston Pier.There the cattle were unloaded, passed through into holding pens and then re-loaded onto special new lairage transportation units.These replaced the old style containers that were used to transport cattle by ship to ports in the South, especially to Aberdeen.Again only males were involved and their power was only over the cattle.The lairage units are moved by traction cabs and after loading are taken down to Hatston pier to await loading onto ships.All the units are numbered so that their transit progress can be monitored.They are equipped with hayracks to provide fodder for the cattle while in transit.
Special Cattle Sale Lairage Album
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The Orkney Auction Mart is a focal point for the County's farming industry. The story of the Mart as it exists and operates today is revealed through photographs supplemented by text.The Sections ‘Introduction’ down to ‘Conclusion’ cover the different aspects of the Project and links to photograph albums are given at the end of relevant sections and are also listed below.
The final item to be added to this site, which appears as the first item, is a critique of the Project as a Visual Sociology research project.
Earlier postings include notes on ‘Journalistic Image as Visual Sociology’, ‘Validity and Reliability in Visual Methods’ and the’Rule of Thirds’
If viewing the photographs as a slide show rather than individually, it is recommended that a time lapse setting of 8 seconds is used to allow time for text on the photographs to be read.
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