View from SSE showing E end of Waverly Station, with NNE front of North Bridge in foreground, North British Hotel in left background and GPO building in middle background

Description View from SSE showing E end of Waverly Station, with NNE front of North Bridge in foreground, North British Hotel in left background and GPO building in middle background

Date 8/12/1970

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

Catalogue Number SC 772121

Category On-line Digital Images

Scope and Content Waverley Station, Edinburgh This shows part of the roof of the east end of the station from the south, with the parapet of the North Bridge on the left. The longitudinal roof in the foreground covers the suburban platforms, and the 'ridge and furrow' roofs cover the main station, whose overall height was curbed by legislation. The building in the background was the General Post Office, which was linked to the station by a private footbridge. The Post Office has been abandoned as such, and is currently being redeveloped, retaining the façade seen here. The first station on this site was opened in 1846, and was joint between the Edinburgh & Glasgow and North British Railways. After the latter absorbed the former in 1865 the station was rebuilt, and it was again reconstructed between 1892 and 1902, when the North and Waverley Bridges were also replaced. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

External Reference H35/70/69/5

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/collection/772121

File Format (TIF) Tagged Image File Format bitmap