Possibly one of the docks on the Firth
of Forth?
© Reproduced
with acknowledgement to Doug Chatham, Edinburgh
Correction
Thank you to Michael Melrose
for discovering that this photo had been displayed wrong way
round.
See
Reply 5 here. Here is how it should have be
displayed.
© Reproduced
with acknowledgement to Doug Chatham, Edinburgh
Comment
1.
Doug Chatham
Edinburgh |
Thank you to Doug Chatham for allowing me to reproduce this photo.
Doug tells me that it comes from a small collection that he bought on
eBay. Others from the same collection are views of docks and
harbours in Fife, on the Firth of Forth.
Doug wrote:
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Leith Docks?
"This
photo is from a collection that I bought from an eBay seller in
England. There is no photographer's name or date on the
photo, and its location is listed as 'Leigh Docks'.
The photo may be of Leith
Docks, Edinburgh. Can anybody confirm this, or suggest when
the photo might have been taken.
I reckon that this and
other photos in the same collection may have been taken around the
1880s, possibly associated with the ferries to Fife before the
Forth Bridge was opened in 1890."
Doug Chatham:
May 29 + July 15, 2014 |
Reply to Doug
The low buildings and the cranes
beside the dock remind me of those that used to be on the south side of
Albert Dock at Leith Harbour, but I don't recognise the larger buildings
on the right-hand side of the photo.
If you have any suggestions for
Doug as to where and when this photo might have been taken,
please email me, then I'll give you Doug's email address so that you
can contact him. Thank you.
Peter Stubbs, Edinburgh: July 16, 2014
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