Edinburgh Waterfront

Granton Western Harbour

 

1960s

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Tammy T

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John Reid

 

2002

Edinburgh Waterfront - Western Harbour - 19 July 2002 ©

Western Harbour

Edinburgh Waterfront - Old Gates - 19 August 2002 ©

Old Gates

Edinburgh Waterfront - DSL Scaffolding - 25 August 2002 ©

DSL Scaffolding

Edinburgh Waterfront - Barbed Wire - 26 March 2003 ©

Barbed Wire

Edinburgh Waterfront - Stones - September 2002 ©

Concrete and Tyres

Edinburgh Waterfront - End of the Road - Granton Harbour Western Breakwater - 10 September 2002 ©

End of the Road

Edinburgh Waterfront - Giant Hogweed - 9 September 2003 ©

Giant Hogweed

 

2003

Edinburgh Waterfront - Giant Hogweed in Western Harbour - 14 September 2003 ©

Giant Hogweed

Edinburgh Waterfront - Giant Hogweeds in Western Harbour - 14 September 2003 ©

Wasteland

Edinburgh Waterfront - Giant Hogweeds and Western Breakwater in Western Harbour - 14 September 2003 ©

Western Breakwater

Looking along the old railway tract to the end of Western Breakwater, Granton Harbour - 14 September 2003 ©

Western Breakwater

Edinburgh Waterfront - A cyclist reaches the end of Western Breakwater, Granton Harbour - 14 September 2003 ©

Western Breakwater

Edinburgh Waterfront - The end of Western Breakwater at Granton Harbour - Looking towards Eastern Breakwater - 14 September 2003 ©

End of the Breakwater

Edinburgh Waterfront - The end of Western Breakwater at Granton Harbour - Looking towards Eastern Harbour - 28 September 2003 ©

End of the Breakwater

Edinburgh Waterfront - View from Western Harbour towards Middle Pier - February 2003 ©

Looking to Middle Pier

Edinburgh Waterfront - Barbed Wire - Looking towards Middle Pier - 26 March 2002 ©

Barbed Wire

Edinburgh Waterfront - LH216 leaving Granton's Western Harbour with Middle Pier in the background - 14 September 2002 ©

LH216 + Middle Pier

Edinburgh Waterfront - LH216 leaving Granton's Western Harbour with Arthue's Seat in the background - 14 September 2002 ©

LH216 + Arthur's Seat

 

2004

Edinburgh Waterfront - Work begins to prepare the land in Granton Western Harbour for developments - 22 June 2004 ©

Landscaping

view W from Middle Pier

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 ©

Landscaping

view W  from Middle Pier.

2 gasometers: 1 Irn Bru bottle.

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. ©

Landscaping

view W from Middle Pier.

1 gasometers: 1 Irn Bru bottle.

Granton Western Harbour - Looking north-west towards Granton Western Breakwater from near Oxcraig Street - 30 June 2004 ©

Landscaping

view NW from near Oxcraig Street

Granton Western Harbour - Looking north-east towards Granton Milldle Pier from near Oxcraig Street - 30 June 2004 ©

Landscaping

view NE from near Oxcraig Street

Reclaiming the land in Granton Western Harbour - looking to the north-west from Middle Pier - June 2004 ©

Reclaiming the land

view NW from Middle Pier

Reclaiming the land in Granton Western Harbour - looking to the west from Middle Pier - June 2004 ©

Reclaiming the land

view W from Middle Pier

Reclaiming the land in Granton Western Harbour - looking to the north-west from Middle Pier towards pile driving in the harbour - July 2004 ©

Reclaiming the land

view NW from Middle Pier

Edinburgh Waterfront - Granton Harbour Western Breakwater - 30 June 2004©

Western Breakwater

Entrance from West Harbour Road

Edinburgh Waterfront - Loooking down over Granton Eastern Harbour towards Western Harbour where landscaping and reclamation work is underway ©

Landscaping Work

Looking down from Wardie

Looking to the west from the end of Granton Harbour's Estern Breakwater ©

Western Breakwater

seen from Eastern Breakwater

Edinburgh Waterfront - Work begins to prepare the land in Granton's Western Harbour - A digger, a pile of earth and Irn Bru bottles - 5 August 2004 ©

Landscaping Work

and Irn Bru bottles

  Edinburgh Waterfront - View from Western Harbour towards Middle Pier - August 2004 ©

Looking to Middle Pier

Edinburgh Waterfront - New Construction - Entrance to Middle Pier - 14 October 2004 ©

New Construction

Entrance to Middle Pier

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

Irn Bru

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

Irn Bru + Sunset

Panormaic View of Granton Western Harbour - December 2004 ©

Western Harbour -  Development work begins  -  Panorama

 

2005

  Granton Western Harbour - Looking north-east towards Granton Milldle Pier from near Oxcraig Street - 30 June 2004 ©

Development begins

   

2006

   Sailing out of Granton Harbour - Looking from Granton Eastern Breakwater towards Western Breakwater and the northern tip of Cramond Island - July 2006 ©

Western Breakwater

still no developments here yet

 

 

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