Skipper Street, Belfast
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Skipper Street, Belfast
Image: © Albert Bridge Taken: 13 Apr 2008
Skipper Street looking from Hill Street (incorrectly shown as Henry Street on the Google map) to High Street. In the mid 18th century, before the reclamation of land to the west of the Lagan, ships berthed very close to here. It is said that many captains (“skippers”) lived in the street. For a later view, after environmental improvements, see Image
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Image Location
Latitude
54.600582
Longitude
-5.926348