General view looking W showing warehouse with entrance to dock on left and engineering works on right

Description General view looking W showing warehouse with entrance to dock on left and engineering works on right

Date 9/7/1970

Collection Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland

Catalogue Number SC 733455

Category On-line Digital Images

Scope and Content Engineering Works (Ship Repair Yard), East Old Dock, Leith Docks, Edinburgh Leith's first harbour was the mouth of the Water of Leith, improved by the construction of piers to protect the entrance, and by the quaying of the sides of the river-mouth. This ship-repair yard is beside the entrance to the first enclosed dock, the East Old Dock, built in 1800-06, on the west side of the Water of Leith. This shows the yard from the east, looking across the inner harbour. The entrance lock of the East Old Dock is on the left. To the right of the building with the rounded roof is a small dry dock, probably built at the same time as the dock. This yard was owned by Menzies & Co Ltd, shipbuilders, engineers and repairers. The East and West Old Docks were filled in during the late 1960s, and the buildings of the ship-repair yard were demolished in the early 1970s. The dry dock was filled in, and flats have since been built on the site. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

External Reference H35/70/27/18

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/collection/733455

File Format (TIF) Tagged Image File Format bitmap