Foot of Leith Walk

Category

Library Item

Item no

4740

Title

Foot of Leith Walk

Description

A view of the foot of Leith Walk, Edinburgh. This is a busy scene with many men, women and children in the street. A tram full of passengers is visible on the right, it has an advertising board for Cadbury's cocoa. The tram cables can be seen overhead. There are tenement buildings on the corners of the junction, one of which has a clock tower, on the opposite corner is a hotel.

Artist / maker

Chrystal, Francis M.

Date

1912

Size

15.5 x 20.2 cm

Type

Photograph

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

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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Architecture > Architectural features > Clocks and clock towers

People > Transportation > Passengers

Places > Edinburgh areas > Leith

Places > Edinburgh areas > Leith Walk

Places > Scotland > Edinburgh

Sport and leisure > Public accommodation facilities > Hotels

Transport > Infrastructure > Roads

Transport > Land > Trams

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