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Waverley Bridge and the North Bridge
Unknown, 1975, Photograph
Waverley Bridge and the North Bridge
Waverley Bridge and the North Bridge
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7113
Title
Waverley Bridge and the North Bridge from Princes Street Gardens
Artist / maker
Unknown
Date
1975
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14.6 x 16.5 cm
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Photograph
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Edinburgh and Scottish Collection
Edinburgh Waverley is the second largest mainline railway station in the UK. There were originally three stations on the site, serving three separate railway companies including the Edinburgh, Perth and Dundee Railway whose trains ran through a tunnel underneath Princes Street and New Town to another Station at Scotland Street. In 1866 North British Railway absorbed the other two companies and proceeded to amalgamate the three existing stations. Construction of this single station, much of which remains, was completed in 1874.
The original North Bridge was completed in 1772 to provide access from Edinburgh's Old Town to the planned New Town development in the north of the city. It was widened in the 1870's to accommodate increased traffic, and was finally rebuilt between 1894-7 alongside the development at Waverley. Mid way along the bridge there is a memorial to men of the King's Own Scottish Borderers killed in the Boer War. Its even gradient was designed to make it suitable for tramcars.
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