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Leith - the Docks from the Signal Tower
Murray, J. J., 1840, Engraving, Reproduction
Leith - the Docks from the Signal Tower
Leith - the Docks from the Signal Tower
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Page from Leith Miscellany, volume I, Leith - the Docks from the Signal Tower
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Murray, J. J.
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Picken, A.
Date
1840
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Leith has acted as Edinburgh's maritime connection for many centuries. New docks were built in the early 19th century and from 1838, when the Leith Dock Commission took ownership of the harbour, trade steadily expanded.
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