Leith Walk, Great Junction Street and Kirkgate

Category

Library Item

Item no

5568

Title

Junction of Leith Walk, Great Junction Street and Kirkgate

Description

An image of the junction of Leith Walk, Great Junction Street and the Kirkgate in Edinburgh. The street is busy with horse-drawn carts, a horse-drawn tram full of passengers and pedestrians. Some of the carts have sacks on them and the tram has advertising signs displayed. Some of the shops on the ground level of tenement buildings have canopies over their windows. In the foreground two girls stand wearing hats, one of the girls also has a shawl on.

Artist / maker

Pettigrew, John

Date

1891

Size

25 x 30.8 cm

Type

Photograph

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

Item is dated 2:55 pm, Tuesday 23rd June, 1891.

Leith is situated in the north of Edinburgh where the Water of Leith joins the Firth of Forth. It has acted as Edinburgh's maritime connection for many centuries, and continues to be one of the UK's busiest ports. It was incorporated into Edinburgh in 1920 having previously been a separate burgh. It is now home to the Scottish Executive's main offices, Edinburgh's Sikh temple, the Royal Yacht Britannia and Ocean Terminal, a large shopping and entertainment complex.

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Homes > Residential buildings > Tenements

People > Transportation > Passengers

Places > Edinburgh areas > Leith

Places > Edinburgh areas > Leith Walk

Places > Scotland > Edinburgh

Transport > Infrastructure > Roads

Transport > Land > Horse and carts

Transport > Land > Horse-drawn trams

(55°58′14″N, 3°10′18″W)

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