The Shore, Leith

Category

Library Item

Item no

35588

Title

Page from Leith Miscellany, volume III, The Shore, Leith

Artist / maker

Unknown

Date

1920

Type

Photograph; Reproduction; Wash drawing

The photograph shows the docks in the 1920s.

The Victoria Swing Bridge to the right of this picture linked the Albert Dock to the Victoria Dock. It has since been replaced by a fixed bridge.

The barrels next to the ship in the foreground may have been used for whisky which was an important trade for Leith for much of the 20th century, with much of the blending and bottling of Scotch whisky being carried out there.

The text with the watercolour says 'The mid-nineteenth century scene. These are the picturesque frontages that should have been preserved.'

Despite the construction of new docks in Leith early in the 19th century, in 1850 The Shore was still a busy trading centre rather than the mainly social area, with many popular pubs and restaurants, it has become in recent years.

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