Waterfront Edinburgh

'Granton, Now & Then'

Photos in the Exhibition

 

Granton Gas Works

Shunting at Granton Gas Works ©

Shunting

Granton Gas Works - Railway Station Platform ©

Station Platform

 

Granton

Granton Harbour and Men ©

Granton Harbour + Men

Looking to the east along Lower Granton Road - Tram and Train ©

Lower Granton Road

West Granton Road - in earlier days ©

West Granton Road

 

Newhaven Harbour

Boats, Lorries and Fishmarket at Newhaven Harbour ©

Boats, Lorries and Fishmarket

Fishing nets laid out on the slipway at Newhaven Harbour ©

Fishing Nets

 

Leith

Great Dock Strike - Protest on the streets of Leith - 1889 ©

Great Docks Strike  1889

Leith Dockers' Demonstration - The Shore, Leith, 1913 ©

Leith Docks Demonstration  1913

Leith whalers, working for Salvesen in the South Atlantic, around 1910 ©

Leith Whalers in the South Atlantic

 

Many of the photos mentioned above were published in an article about the exhibition in the Edinburgh Evening News, July 22, 2006:  pp.16-17.

 

 

Edinburgh Recollections

Granton Pictures

 

 

Edinburgh Railway Lines and Stations

Edinburgh

 Central

North

 West

East

South

SW

Leith

  

 

 

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