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Ponton Street
Hamilton, J. R., 1914, Photograph
Ponton Street
Ponton Street
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5718
Title
Ponton Street - east side, looking north, tramway power station on right
Description
A power station for trams is located in Ponton Street in Edinburgh. The building has a lamp over its arched entrance and there are tenement buildings to one side. On the cobblestone road and pavement in front of the building children play. Smoke rises from the chimney pots of buildings opposite the facility.
This is a photograph by a member of the Edinburgh Photographic Society.
Artist / maker
Hamilton, J. R.
Date
1914
Size
8.5 x 11.1 cm
Type
Photograph
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Edinburgh and Scottish Collection
Ponton Street is located in the Tollcross area of Edinburgh.
Tollcross is an area in the south-west of central Edinburgh. It centres around the crossroads of Brougham Street, Home Street, Earl Grey
Street and Lauriston Place and West Tollcross.
The word cobble has been used here to help with searching, an alternative term is sett. Sett stones describe both the type of stone and the method in which they are used.
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EPS - George Square Survey
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