Leith engine works

Category

Library Item

Item no

5679

Title

Leith engine works

Description

Outside the engine works in Leith, Edinburgh a ship has moored with another sailing past. Smoke pours from chimneys which rise above the buildings of the factory. Onshore and opposite the moored ship a steam train races by about to disappear under a stone bridge. People walk over the bridge and horses and carts make their way along the road.

Artist / maker

Unknown

Engraver

Ritchie, A.

Date

1860

Size

31.7 x 46.9 cm

Type

Lithograph

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

Annotation below title reads 'Private warfage 760 feet in length. Hawthorns & Co. Engineers, boiler makers, founders &c. Snowscun[..] screw steamer alongside [..]

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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Architecture > Architectural features > Chimneys

Manufacturing Industry > Manufacturing facilities > Factories

Places > Edinburgh areas > Leith

Places > Scotland > Edinburgh

Transport > Infrastructure > Stone bridges

Transport > Land > Horse and carts

Transport > Land > Trains

Transport > Water > Ships

(55°57′40″N, 3°10′50″W)

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