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Water of Leith Sandport, Leith |
© Steven Oliver, Duns, Borders, Scotland Photo taken: October 2010
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Water of Leith Sandport, Leith |
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Lamp Posts Thank you to Steven Oliver for allowing me to reproduce this photograph taken beside the Water of Leith at Sandport, Leith, in October 2010, looking across the water to The Shore. Steven sent me this photo in response to a question that I asked about street lighting in Leith. Stephen replied, telling me that there are 23 lamp posts in Leith like the one in the centre of this photo. Another similar lamp post can be seen in this photo. It is in front of George Brown & Sons' Engineering Works, the white building in this photo on the east bank of the Water of Leith at The Shore. |
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Detail Here we zoom-in to see the Leith Coat of Arms on one of these lamp posts.
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Concrete Lamp Post There is also a newer concrete lamp post on the left of this photo. Steven Oliver added: "Note that the lantern on the concrete lamp post in the background of one of the photos is 'day-burning'. i.e. a form of fail-safe mechanism for a lantern; if the timer or photocell fails, then the lantern remains on, both day and night until it is repaired. From your photo, taken a couple of months later, in December 2010, it looks like that lantern hasn't been fixed yet" Steven Oliver, Duns, Borders, Scotland: December 26, 2010
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