Edinburgh Waterfront

Granton Middle Pier

 

1930s to 1970s

Looking from the shore of Granton Western Harbour towards Granton Middle Pier - c. 1938 ©

Granton Middle Pier - c.1938

Where is it? - Photograph of a railway line and a pram. Answer: Granton Middle Pier ©

Granton Middle Pier - 1948

Edinburgh Railways - Granton Square - 1955 ©

Granton Middle Pier - 1955

John Reid unloading a TL Devlin Trawler on Middle Pier at Granton Harbour ©

Unloading a Devlin Trawler - when?

Trawler, believed to be at Middle Pier, Granton Harbour ©

Granton Middle Pier - Trawler GN11 - when?

   Aerial View - Looking down on Granton Middle Pier - around 1980 ©

Aerial View  -  Around 1978

2002

Edinburgh Waterfront - Middle Pier - 19 August 2002 ©

Middle Pier

Edinburgh Waterfront - Forth Corinthian Yacht Club boat yard on Middle Pier, Granton Harbour - 25 August 2002 ©

Boat Yard

Edinburgh Waterfront - Looking across Eastern Harbour, Granton, from Middle Pier - 25 August 2002 ©

Harbour + Tyres

Edinburgh Waterfront - Central Pier at Granton Harbour on a misty afternoon - 4 August 2002 ©

Middle Pier in mist

Edinburgh Waterfront - Forth Corinthian Yacht Club boat yard on Middle Pier, Granton Harbour - 25 August 2002 ©

Boat Yard

Edinburgh Waterfront - Granton Harbour and Inchkeith - 25 August 2002 ©

Harbour + Lifebelt

Edinburgh Waterfront - A walk down Middle Pier, Granton Harbour - 3 August 2002 ©

Walk down Middle Pier

Edinburgh Waterfront - Coastguards' vehicles on Middle Pier, Granton Harbour - 25 August 2002 ©

Coastguards

Edinburgh Waterfront - Moorings in Granton's Eastern Harbour, seen from Middle Pier - 3 August 2002 ©

Harbour + Moorings

Edinburgh Waterfront - Looking over Western Harbour to Middle Pier at Granton Harbour - 28 Septembrer 2003 ©

Boats at Middle Pier

   Edinburgh Waterfront - Looking over Western Harbour to Middle Pier at Granton Harbour - 28 Septembrer 2003 ©

Boats at Middle Pier

Edinburgh Waterfront - Looking over Western Harbour to Middle Pier at Granton Harbour - 28 Septembrer 2003 ©

Boats at Middle Pier

Edinburgh Waterfront - Granton Harbour, looking across Eastern Harbour towards the three gasometers - 6 October 2002 ©

E Harbour + Middle Pier

Edinburgh Waterfront - Middle Pier, Granton Harbour - "No Parking" - 25 August 2002 ©

No Parking

Edinburgh Waterfront - A misty afternoon on Granton Middle Pier - August 2002 ©

Deserted Road

 

2004

Edinburgh Waterfront - A dumper truck takes a boat from Middle Pier into the Royal Forth Yacht Club boatyard - 7 April 2004 ©

To the Boat Yard

©

Launching the Yacht

Edinburgh Waterfront - Middle Pier, Granton Harbour - "No Parking" - 22 June 2004 ©

No Parking

Edinburgh Waterfront - Looking up Middle Pier from Granton Square ©

Middle Pier

from Granton Harbour

Edinburgh Waterfront - Looking up Middle Pier from Granton Square - zoom-out ©

Middle Pier

from Granton Harbour

Looking down across Granton Square towards Granton Middle Pier and the Firth of Forth - zoom-in ©

Looking down on
 Middle Pier

Looking down across Granton Square towards Granton Middle Pier and the Firth of Forth - zoom-out ©

Looking down on
 Middle Pier

zoom-out

Iron Bru Bottle in the fence separating Middle Pier from the Western Harbour construction site ©

Irn Bru  - Middle Pier

Iron Bru Bottle in the fence separating Middle Pier from the Western Harbour construction site at sunset ©

Irn Bru  - Middle Pier

Sunset

Middle Pier, Granton Harbour - Lamp Post ©

Lamp Post

Middle Pier, Granton Harbour - Lamp Post top ©

Lamp Post - Top

zoom-in

Edinburgh Waterfront - Looking down on Eastern Harbour and Middle Pier, with the Superfast Ferry passing behind ©

E Harbour + Middle Pier

Middle Pier, Granton Harbour - Lamp Post base  ©

Lamp Post - Base

Middle Pier, Granton Harbour - Lamp Post base - zoom-in ©

Lamp Post - Base

Edinburgh Waterfront - Work begins to prepare the land in Granton Western Harbour for developments in the background. In the foreground is an empty Irn Bru bottle - 22 June 2004 ©

Fence and Irn Bru bottle

June 04

Edinburgh Waterfront - Fence with Irn Bru bottle on Middle Pier - 3 August 2004 ©

Fence and Irn Bru bottle

August 04

Looking from Granton Middle Pier across the building work at Western Harbour with the one remaining gasometer in the background - with the Irn Bru bottle still wedged into the fence. ©

Fence and Irn Bru bottle

August 04

 

2006

Granton Waterfront - Building commences at Middle Pier - 'Anchorage' apartments - July 2006 ©

'Anchor' apartments

Edinburgh Waterfront - Building commences at Middle Pier - 'Anchorage' apartments - July 2006 ©

'Anchor' apartments

Edinburgh Waterfront - Building commences at Middle Pier - 'Anchorage' apartments - July 2006 ©

'Anchor' apartments

Edinburgh Waterfront - Building commences at Middle Pier - 'Anchorage' apartments and plan showing other proposed developmets in Granton Western Harbour - July 2006 ©

'Anchor' apartments

  

2007

   1842 lamp post at Middle Pier, Granton Harbour - photographed 2007 ©

Lamp Post

    Granton Harbour - October 27, 2007 - The day that boats were lifted out of the harbour for the winter ©

RFYC  -  Lifting Yachts  out of  the Harbour

 

2008

    Granton Middle Pier - The day that boats were lifted into the water - April 2008 ©

RFYC  -  Lifting Yachts into the Harbour

 

2013

    ©

FCYC  -  Lifting Yachts into the Harbour

    ©

More Granton Harbour Photos

taken on the same day as the FCYC lift-in

 

 

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