View from SSW showing SE front and part of SW front of numbers 18-20 Maritime Street

Description View from SSW showing SE front and part of SW front of numbers 18-20 Maritime Street

Date 9/7/1970

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

Catalogue Number SC 733511

Category On-line Digital Images

Scope and Content Warehouses, Chapel Lane, Leith, Edinburgh This warehouse was near the north end of Maritime Street, in an area densely built up with 'traditional' warehouses in the early and mid-19th century. This was the largest, and was probably built as a grain store, perhaps after the repeal of the Corn Laws in the 1840s. This shows the building from the south east, with Chapel Lane on the left, and Bernard Street in the distance on the right. The style of the masonry suggests a mid-19th century date. This warehouse was disused and for sale in 1970, and was subsequently demolished. 'Traditional' warehouses were obsolete by the late 1960s, as large motor vehicles and mechanical handling made storage on trading estates more attractive. Bulk handling of grain had already made old grain stores redundant. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

External Reference H35/70/29/15

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/collection/733511

File Format (TIF) Tagged Image File Format bitmap