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View from WSW showing SSW front and part of WNW front

SC 733468

Description View from WSW showing SSW front and part of WNW front

Date 9/7/1970

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

Catalogue Number SC 733468

Category On-line Digital Images

Scope and Content Warehouse, Nos 36-38 Timber Bush, Leith, Edinburgh Timber Bush is a corruption of timber bourse, the timber market of Leith, where imported timber was bought and sold. It became a warehouse quarter in the early and mid 19th century, as trade through Leith expanded, with a network of narrow streets. This shows the south gable of one of the oldest warehouses in the area, with its substantial central hoist gable, giving access to the attic as well as to the main floors. To the right is a later office block. This warehouse extends a considerable distance along the lane to the left. This warehouse was probably built for the storage of grain, possibly after the repeal of the Corn Laws. Edinburgh, with a very restricted hinterland, had to rely on the coastwise or foreign trade in grain to satisfy its demand for grain for its growing human and horse population. This warehouse has been demolished. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

External Reference H35/70/28/12

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/collection/733468

File Format (TIF) Tagged Image File Format bitmap

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Collection Level (551 147) Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland

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