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Edinburgh, Leith Docks, Victoria Dock

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Dock (19th Century)

Site Name Edinburgh, Leith Docks, Victoria Dock

Classification Dock (19th Century)

Alternative Name(s) Victoria Dock And Lock Gates

Canmore ID 51981

Site Number NT27NE 57.06

NGR NT 26886 76866

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Ordnance Survey licence number AC0000807262. All rights reserved.
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Victoria Dock. Detail of maker's plate on rear of hydraulic crane, reading 'Cowans Sheldon & Co Ld Carlisle. No 2613 Weight not to exceed 26 tons. 1903'.
Victoria Dock. Detail of maker's plate on rear of hydraulic crane, reading 'Cowans Sheldon & Co Ld Carlisle. No 2613 Weight not to exceed 26 tons. 1903'.View from SSW showing entrance to dock with SSW and WNW fronts of watch house in right backgroundView from WNW showing M1109 moored on S side of dockLeith Docks, Edinburgh. Oblique aerial photograph taken facing east.Victoria Dock. View of hydraulic crane.Victoria Dock. Detail of bollard near South East corner.Victoria Dock. Detail of bollard at South East corner.Victoria Dock. General view from North East.View from NW showing NNE and part of WNW fronts of transit shed on N side of dockEdinburgh, oblique aerial view, taken from the WNW, centred on North Leith.View from WSW showing hydraulic crane on W side of dockGeneral oblique aerial view centred on the offices, road bridges, swing bridge, harbour, dock and shed, taken from the SW.General oblique aerial view of Leith Docks centred on Victoria Docks, looking to the SE.General oblique aerial view of Leith Docks centred on Victoria Docks, looking to the NE.Edinburgh, oblique aerial view, taken from the WNW, centred on North Leith.Victoria Dock. Detail of maker's plate on side of hydraulic crane, reading 'Cowans Sheldon & Co Ld 2613 Weight not to exceed 26 tons. 1903 Carlisle'.Edinburgh, oblique aerial view, taken from the S, showing Leith and Leith Docks.Leith Docks, Edinburgh. Oblique aerial photograph taken facing east. This image has been produced from a damaged negative.Victoria Dock. Detail of bollard at South East corner.Oblique aerial view centred on the swing bridge, road bridge and office with the harbour, dock and dry dock adjacent, taken from the SW.Oblique aerial view of Victoria Quay and Victoria Dock, looking SE.Edinburgh, oblique aerial view, taken from the S, showing Leith Docks in the top half of the photograph, and North Leith in the bottom half.Victoria Dock. View of hydraulic crane.General view from ESE showing 'Norna' docked on S side of dockGeneral oblique aerial view of Leith Docks centred on Victoria Docks, looking to the E.Scanned image of colour photograph, oblique aerial view, taken from the SSE, centred on Leith Docks with North Leith in the bottom half.View from NNW showing hydraulic crane on W side of dockGeneral oblique aerial view centred on the offices, road bridges, swing bridge, harbours, shopping centre, cinema, restaurants, visitor centre, dock and shed, taken from the SW.Edinburgh, oblique aerial view, taken from the S, showing Leith and Leith Docks.Edinburgh, oblique aerial view, taken from the SSE, centred on Leith Docks with North Leith in the bottom half.Edinburgh, Leith Docks, Victoria Dock, NT27NE 57.6, Ordnance Survey index card, RectoVictoria Dock. View of hydraulic crane.

Administrative Areas

  • Council Edinburgh, City Of
  • Parish Edinburgh (Edinburgh, City Of)
  • Former Region Lothian
  • Former District City Of Edinburgh
  • Former County Midlothian

Archaeology Notes

NT27NE 57.06 26886 76866

For former (Customs) Watch House (adjacent to NE), see NT27NE 57.14.

For (associated) entrance lock and gates (at NT 26959 76896), see NT27NE 57.48.

For (adjacent to S) Scottish Office building ('Victoria Quay'), see NT27NE 861.

Victoria Dock [NAT]

OS 1:1250 map, 1974.

This site has only been partially upgraded for SCRAN. For further information, please consult the Architecture Catalogues for City of Edinburgh District.

March 1998.

This dock is now disused and has been separated by fencing from the remaining operational dock system. It now forms a major landscaping feature in front of the Scottish Office building ('Victoria Quay'), for which see NT27NE 861.

The dock has been entered from the NE corner through the lock and gates NT27NE 57.48.

Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 13 June 2006.

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