Waverley Station roof

Category

Library Item

Item no

2177

Title

Waverley Station roof taken from the roof of the City Chambers

Description

The roofs of sheds and platforms at Waverley Station in Edinburgh. Railway wagons are at a siding which has goods on the platform. Princes Street, North Bridge and the roof garden of Waverley Market are also visible, as are tenement buildings and shops with their various signage.

Artist / maker

Morham, George

Date

1885

Size

14.7 x 20.2 cm

Type

Photograph

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

Edinburgh Waverley is the second largest mainline railway station in the UK. There were originally three stations on the site, serving three separate railway companies including the Edinburgh, Perth and Dundee Railway whose trains ran through a tunnel underneath Princes Street and New Town to another Station at Scotland Street. In 1866 North British Railway absorbed the other two companies and proceeded to amalgamate the three existing stations. Construction of this single station, much of which remains, was completed in 1874.

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Places > Edinburgh areas > Princes Street

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(55°57′7″N, 3°11′25″W)

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