Old Town from East Princes Street

Category

Library Item

Item no

6879

Title

Old Town from East Princes Street

Description

The Old Town rise up out of the Waverley Valley. Train tracks filled with wagons cut through the landscape from under the Waverley Bridge. The newly built Cockburn Street can be seen at the head of the bridge winding its way towards the Old Town.

Artist / maker

Burns, Archibald

Date

1865

Size

15.6 x 20.6 cm

Type

Photograph

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

The accompanying text in the volume reads:
"41. This view of part of the old town shows the old Waverley Bridge & Station. the Bridge was demolished in 1870 and the present iron one erected in its place. The buildings of the old town seen on the right of the view have been very much altered by the formation of St Giles Street &"

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