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A burst water pipe in the Lawnmarket, Edinburgh
Chrystal, Francis M., 1912, Photograph
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A burst water pipe in the Lawnmarket, Edinburgh
A burst water pipe in the Lawnmarket, Edinburgh
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Title
A burst water pipe in the Lawnmarket, Edinburgh
Description
People watch the spouting water from a burst water pipe in the Lawnmarket. Beside the dug up cobblestones is a handcart and tools. The tools include a shovel and a pick-axe. Shops are along the pavement. The men in the photograph wear cloth caps.
Artist / maker
Chrystal, Francis M.
Date
1912
Size
16.5 x 21.9 cm
Type
Photograph
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Edinburgh and Scottish Collection
This image has been chosen for the Edinburgh - Past and Present Exhibition by Rt Hon George Foulkes MSP - "The High Street area of the Old Town and its people are the essential Edinburgh for me, although much less so now than in the past. It was difficult to choose from a variety of evocative pictures of the closes and so this is the choice because it is typical of both people and that town and is striking picture in itself." George Foulkes.
Gladstone's Land is located in the Lawnmarket area of Edinburgh. It is a six-storey, 17th century merchant house in a traditional arcaded stone tenement building. It was built in 1631 by Thomas Gladstone.
Lawnmarket is the section of Edinburgh's Royal Mile running from its junction with Johnston Terrace to where it meets George IV Bridge. Regular markets were held in this area until the late 18th century.
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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The Old and New Towns of Edinburgh World Heritage
Edinburgh Past and Present
The Royal Mile: A Hidden History
Lawnmarket, Royal Mile
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