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Aerial View of United Wire Works Granton |
An early aerial view of United Wire Works, Granton
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Reproduced with acknowledgement to Simmons
Aerofilms Ltd (who took this photograph),
United Wire Works (who used it on a postcard) and Malcolm Cant (who
provided a copy of the postcard)
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Aerial View of United Wire Works, Granton |
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Location The site where United Wire Works was built lies about a quarter of a mile inland, to the SW of Granton Harbour. The area was occupied almost entirely by industry when this photograph was taken with buildings belonging to United Wire Works, storage tanks and railways. |
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Industry The only housing is on the short street leading from the bottom-right corner of the picture to the entrance to United Wire Works. The rectangular building at the top of this street (under the word 'Films' on the watermark) was the former Madelvic Car Factory. The factory later to become part of United Wire Works and is now (in 2006) being used as offices by Edinburgh Waterfront Development. |
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Postcard Back This aerial view was used on the front of a postcard produced for United Wire Works. Here is the back of the postcard. |
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A Later Postcard Here is a later version of the same postcard with United Wire Works' buildings occupying an even greater proportion of the land. Please e-mail me to let me know if you can estimate the dates of these two aerial views. Thank you. - Peter Stubbs |
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