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Granton Harbour
Unknown, 1952, Photograph
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Granton Harbour
Granton Harbour
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Item no
9479
Title
Granton Harbour
Description
A working harbour as fish are unloaded from the docked boats. Seagulls anxious for scraps fly overhead. The boats are docked three abreast which neccessated a winch to bring out the catch.A man is guiding the catch to the unloading point. The load seems to be stored in a large vehicle set on a rail line.Across the water the other wall of Granton Harbour can be seen and the open water of the Firth of Forth beyond.
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Unknown
Date
1952
Size
20 x 25.5 cm
Type
Photograph
Location
Edinburgh and Scottish Collection
Granton Harbour, situated in the north of Edinburgh on the Firth of Forth, was constructed in the mid 19th century. In addition to acting as a fishing harbour it also provided an important link to Fife and the north of Scotland. From 1848 to 1890 a rail ferry was in operation carrying trains from Granton to Burntisland on the Fife coast.
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Whose Town? Edinburgh in the 1950s
1952 - when a princess became Queen
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