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"The Big Pipes"
Unknown, 1953, Photograph
"The Big Pipes"
"The Big Pipes"
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Item no
38623
Title
"The Big Pipes"
Description
"The Big Pipes", public house at the foot of the Kirkgate.
Artist / maker
Unknown
Engraver
Unknown
Date
1953
Size
4.6 x 6.6 cm
Type
Photograph
Leith Walk in Edinburgh is a notably wide street running from the west side of Calton Hill down to Great Junction Street in Leith. It follows the line of a raised pedestrian walkway which ran along the top of an earthen rampart constructed to defend the city against Cromwell's army in 1650. In 1776 this walkway and the road immediately to its west were combined as a single, modern road. This road, along with North Bridge and Leith Street, provided greatly improved access to Leith from Edinburgh.
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Leith Miscellany XIII
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