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SC 537398 Edinburgh, Cramond Island, anti-shipping barrier. View of barrier from North.
19/5/1998
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SC 881628 Scanned image of view NE of a Ruston & Hornsby narrow guage diesel locomotive used in the construction of the anti-shipping barrier between Cramond and Cramond Island. The locomotive is situated on the S end of the partly constructed barrier.
c. 1940
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SC 881630 Scanned image of view NW of the anti-shipping barrier running from Cramond to Cramond Island, showing the partially completed S end of the barrier. A pile driving rig is visible at the N end of the newly constructed section. Construction has reached approximately half way across the channel.
c. 1941
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SC 881631 Scanned image of view NE of part the anti-shipping barrier running from Cramond to Cramond Island, showing a diesel engine pump and part of the founds for the barrier. Part of an earlier boom across the Firth of Forth is visible in the background
c. 1940
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SC 881632 Scanned image of view NW of a pile driving rig used in the construction of the anti-shipping barrier between Cramond and Cramond Island. The photograph shows the rig running on broad guage track laid on the sand at low tide. The hammer is driving concrete piles ahead of the construction of the barrier. Cramond Island is visible in the background.
c. 1940
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SC 881633 Scanned image of view N showing construction work on the S part of the anti-shipping barrier between Cramond and Cramond Island. The photograph shows the founds with steel formers protruding and in the background a steam crane running on broad guage track along with the pile driving rig.
c. 1940
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SC 881634 Scanned image of view NE showing construction work on the S part of the anti-shipping barrier between Cramond and Cramond Island. The photograph shows the completed pillars and in the background a steam crane running on broad guage track next to a pile driving rig. In the background, further to the E and running across the channel, is an ealier temporary barrier.
c. 1940
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SC 881635 Scanned image of view NW of the anti-shipping barrier running from Cramond to Cramond Island, showing the partially completed S end of the barrier. A steam crane and pile driving rig are visible at the N end of the newly constructed section. One pillar still has the shuttering in situ.
c. 1940
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SC 881636 Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
Edinburgh, Cramond Island, The Knoll battery and anti-shipping barrier. Scanned image of view of anti-shipping barrier from the North end showing part of The Knoll battery constructed to defend the tidal area between Cramond and the Island.
19/5/1998
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SC 881637 Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
Edinburgh, Cramond Island, The Knoll battery and anti-shipping barrier. Scanned image of general view of battery and N end terminal of anti-shippuing barrier from South East.
19/5/1998
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DP 049281 RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital
Oblique aerial view of Cramond Island centred on The Knoll, taken from the W.
4/9/2008
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DP 049283 RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital
Oblique aerial view of Cramond Island centred on The Knoll, taken from the SW.
4/9/2008
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SC 1503629 Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
Edinburgh, Cramond Island, The Knoll battery and terminal of anti-shipping barrier. View of battery gun emplacement, observation platform and shipping barrier terminal from South West.
19/5/1998
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DP 390904 Historic Environment Scotland
Anchor block at NE end
9/2022
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DP 390905 Historic Environment Scotland
Example of slab infill
9/2022
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DP 390906 Historic Environment Scotland
Example showing construction method
9/2022
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DP 390907 Historic Environment Scotland
General view
9/2022
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DP 390908 Historic Environment Scotland
Detail of plaque close to SW end
9/2022
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DP 390909 Historic Environment Scotland
Steps at SW end
9/2022
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DP 390910 Historic Environment Scotland
View NE towards Cramond Island
9/2022
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DP 390931 Historic Environment Scotland
View from searchlight emplacement looking SW over anti-boat barrier
9/2022
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DP 391188 Historic Environment Scotland
Piece of water pipe once carried by top of causeway
9/2022
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SC 2580533 Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
Edinburgh, Cramond Island, anti-shipping barrier. View of barrier from North.
19/5/1998
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SC 2580534 Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
Edinburgh, Cramond Island, anti-shipping barrier. Detail of concrete plinths with eyelets for cable at North end of barrier. Also visible are the slots for concrete boards between the plinths.
19/5/1998
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