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Haymarket Looking towards the West End and Tollcross |
Photo 1 - 2011
© Copyright: Peter Stubbs - please contact peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk Photograph taken April 11, 2011
© Al Lorentzen, Inverness, Illinois, USA Photograph taken 1995
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Haymarket Photo 1 |
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Looking towards the West End and Tollcross 2011 In the first photo above: - The road on the left is West Maitland Street, leading to the West End. - The road on the right is Morrison Street, looking towards Tollcross. |
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The Clock Temporary changes to the road lay-out can be seen in the foreground. The clock and war memorial that used to stand in this triangle have been removed to make way for the tram lines. They are likely to be replaced (when?) somewhere in the Haymarket area. |
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Road Works There have been road works in Shandwick Place (the section of road linking West Maitland Street to the West End) for several months, in preparation for Edinburgh's trams. This phase of the work has come to an end and the road is now open to traffic again, but the road sign on the left of this photo announces that 6 months' work has now begun on renewing the gas mains at Queensferry Street at the West End. |
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Haymarket Photo 2 |
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Earlier Photo 1995 About an hour after I added the the first photo on this page to the web site, Al Lorentzen send me the second photo above. He took it on a return visit from USA to Edinburgh in 1995. It shows the position of the clock at Haymarket, on the triangular island surrounded by roads.
Acknowledgement: Al Lorentzen, Inverness, Illinois,
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