Edinburgh, Craigleith Quarry Photographic copy of engraving showing general view of Craigleith Quarry Copied from 'Modern Athens'. Insc. 'The Stone Quarries, Craigleith, near Edinburgh. From which the ...
D 49683 P
Description Edinburgh, Craigleith Quarry Photographic copy of engraving showing general view of Craigleith Quarry Copied from 'Modern Athens'. Insc. 'The Stone Quarries, Craigleith, near Edinburgh. From which the New town was built. Drawn by Tho. H Shepherd. Engraved by W Wallis'
Date 1829
Collection General Collection
Catalogue Number D 49683 P
Category Photographs and Off-line Digital Images
Copies SC 465087
Scope and Content Craigleith Quarries, Edinburgh Craigleith is well-known today as a busy shopping centre, but it has not always been so. For many centuries it was the heart of a huge quarry that supplied much of the stone from which Edinburgh, especially the New Town, was built. This illustration gives a good idea of the activity when the quarry was at its busiest. Little gunpowder was used here, wedges being sufficient to extract the sandstone. 60 carts each made four journeys a day to carry rock into town. In the 19th century the quarry was almost 110m deep, but work ceased at the end of the century and the quarry was gradually filled in. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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Attribution: © Courtesy of HES. Illustration from Modern Athens, T H Shepherd, 1829
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