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Upper-deck of Tram Cars

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Maintenance  -  upper-deck of trams

Shrubhill Repair Shop  -  Double-deck Tram Cars

©  Reproduced by courtesy Lothian Buses plc

Upper-deck of Tram Cars

This is one of two photographs of the repair shop, showing the plank scaffolding suspended from the roof at Shrubhill Repair Shop, Leith Walk.  The other photograph shows repairs being carried out on single deck trams.

Shrubhill Repair Shop  -  Single Deck Trams ©

The Shrubhill works housed the engine for to drive the cable for the Edinburgh's tramways during the cable car days in the early 1900s.

 Engine House for driving cables for Edinburgh's Cable Car system ©

Edinburgh's transport repair depot remained at Shrubhill until the 1990s.  The building has now been sold and is expected to be redeveloped as housing.

 

 

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