Edinburgh, 336 West Granton Road, Granton Gasworks
Gas Works (19th Century) - (20th Century)
Site Name Edinburgh, 336 West Granton Road, Granton Gasworks
Classification Gas Works (19th Century) - (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Pilton; 4 Marine Drive; 11 West Shore Road
Canmore ID 52043
Site Number NT27NW 20
NGR NT 22350 76800
NGR Description Centred NT 22350 76800
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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DP 052702
View of breakwater, Granton Gas Works. Page 21: 'Rebuilding of Breakwater at Shore from South Side looking North, 13th August 1900.'
Records of the Scottish Gas Board, Edinburgh, Scotland
10/7/1899
© Courtesy of HES (Scottish Gas Collection)
DP 052705
View of gasholder tank, Granton Gas Works. Titled: 'Gasholder Tank and Cone South East Corner shewing Outlet Pipe- 15th October 1900'
Records of the Scottish Gas Board, Edinburgh, Scotland
15/10/1900
© Courtesy of HES (Scottish Gas Collection)
DP 074353
View of crowd Titled: 'Laying foundation stone at North East Corner of Retort House No 1. 16th October 1899'.
Records of the Scottish Gas Board, Edinburgh, Scotland
16/10/1899
© Courtesy of HES (Scottish Gas Collection)
DP 074355
View of workers during the construction of Granton Gas Works, Edinburgh. Titled: 'Brickwork at Bottom of tank on North side. 1st November 1899'.
Records of the Scottish Gas Board, Edinburgh, Scotland
1/11/1899
© Courtesy of HES (Scottish Gas Collection)
DP 102660
View of plant house during the constructions of Granton Gasworks in 1902. PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS NO.207: SCOTTISH GAS COLLECTION, GRANTON GASWORKS ALBUMS
8/4/1902
SC 1492044
Edinburgh, Granton Gasworks, N area, general view General view from S of gasholders 2, 1 and 3 with Meter House (left) and Pumping Station (right). The red brick structure (right foreground) is the remains of the redundant cooling water pumps. This has lost its wooden cooling tower
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
6/10/1998
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1504996
Edinburgh, Granton Gasworks, Rateau Booster House with Control Room over, interior View of control room panel
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
6/10/1998
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1505015
Edinburgh, Granton Gasworks, Station Building, interior View of circular stairwell leading from platform level to footbridge access on first floor (footbridge now removed and access blocked)
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
6/10/1998
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1505017
Edinburgh, Granton Gasworks, Station Building, interior View light above door to (latterly) the transmission and records office in NW portion of building, ground floor from W
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
6/10/1998
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1505022
Edinburgh, Granton Gasworks, Engine shed/ mechanics workshops Detail of arched doorway in W frontage
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
6/10/1998
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1505025
Edinburgh, Granton Gasworks, Engine shed/ workshops, interior Detail of E wall roof support corbel and projecting bolts which carried (now removed) brackets for overhead belt shaft drive
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
6/10/1998
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1505041
Edinburgh, Granton Gasworks, Meter House, interior View of original gasholder level gauge (c.1899). This is probably not its original site
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
6/10/1998
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1532005
Photograph recording the site of Granton Gasworks, Edinburgh, prior to construction, looking NW towards the buildings in the NW corner of the site.
Records of the Scottish Gas Board, Edinburgh, Scotland
10/1898
© Courtesy of HES (Granton Gasworks Collection)
SC 1532034
Photograph recording the site of Granton Gasworks, Edinburgh, prior to construction, looking N over the NW corner of the site.
Records of the Scottish Gas Board, Edinburgh, Scotland
10/1898
© Courtesy of HES (Granton Gasworks Collection)
SC 1573576
Granton Gasworks Under contruction
Records of the Scottish Gas Board, Edinburgh, Scotland
c. 1903
© Courtesy of HES (Scottish Gas Collection)
SC 1573579
Edinburgh, Granton Gasworks View from WSW of gasholder (no.1), Pumping House (centre) and Purifier Houses (right) with Railway in front
Records of the Scottish Gas Board, Edinburgh, Scotland
1907
© Courtesy of HES (Scottish Gas Collection)
SC 1679410
Oblique aerial view centred on the gasworks, taken from the SE.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography
3/11/2000
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1679450
Oblique aerial view centred on the gasworks, taken from the E.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography
14/5/2003
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 345606
Standing building survey, Detail view of coal store block exterior, Granton Gasworks, Edinburgh
Records of AOC Archaeology Group, archaeologists, Loanhead, Midlothian, Scotland
5/2001
© Copyright: AOC Archaeology Group. Courtesy of HES.
DP 345619
Standing building survey, Detail view of coal store block exterior, Granton Gasworks, Edinburgh
Records of AOC Archaeology Group, archaeologists, Loanhead, Midlothian, Scotland
5/2001
© Copyright: AOC Archaeology Group. Courtesy of HES.
DP 345624
Standing building survey, Detail view of coal store block exterior, Granton Gasworks, Edinburgh
Records of AOC Archaeology Group, archaeologists, Loanhead, Midlothian, Scotland
5/2001
© Copyright: AOC Archaeology Group. Courtesy of HES.
DP 345626
Standing building survey, Detail view of coal store block exterior, Granton Gasworks, Edinburgh
Records of AOC Archaeology Group, archaeologists, Loanhead, Midlothian, Scotland
5/2001
© Copyright: AOC Archaeology Group. Courtesy of HES.
DP 345630
Standing building survey, General view of coal store block exterior, Granton Gasworks, Edinburgh
Records of AOC Archaeology Group, archaeologists, Loanhead, Midlothian, Scotland
5/2001
© Copyright: AOC Archaeology Group. Courtesy of HES.
DP 345651
Standing building survey, General interior view, Granton Gasworks, Edinburgh
Records of AOC Archaeology Group, archaeologists, Loanhead, Midlothian, Scotland
5/2001
© Copyright: AOC Archaeology Group. Courtesy of HES.
DP 345668
Standing building survey, General view of coal store block exterior, Granton Gasworks, Edinburgh
Records of AOC Archaeology Group, archaeologists, Loanhead, Midlothian, Scotland
5/2001
© Copyright: AOC Archaeology Group. Courtesy of HES.
DP 345676
Standing building survey, Detail view of coal store block exterior, Granton Gasworks, Edinburgh
Records of AOC Archaeology Group, archaeologists, Loanhead, Midlothian, Scotland
5/2001
© Copyright: AOC Archaeology Group. Courtesy of HES.
DP 345680
Standing building survey, General view of coal store block exterior, Granton Gasworks, Edinburgh
Records of AOC Archaeology Group, archaeologists, Loanhead, Midlothian, Scotland
5/2001
© Copyright: AOC Archaeology Group. Courtesy of HES.
DP 345683
Standing building survey, Detail view of coal store block exterior, Granton Gasworks, Edinburgh
Records of AOC Archaeology Group, archaeologists, Loanhead, Midlothian, Scotland
5/2001
© Copyright: AOC Archaeology Group. Courtesy of HES.
DP 345692
Standing building survey, General view of coal store block interior, Granton Gasworks, Edinburgh
Records of AOC Archaeology Group, archaeologists, Loanhead, Midlothian, Scotland
5/2001
© Copyright: AOC Archaeology Group. Courtesy of HES.
DP 345696
Standing building survey, General view of coal store block exterior, Granton Gasworks, Edinburgh
Records of AOC Archaeology Group, archaeologists, Loanhead, Midlothian, Scotland
5/2001
© Copyright: AOC Archaeology Group. Courtesy of HES.
DP 345728
Standing building survey, General interior view, Granton Gasworks, Edinburgh
Records of AOC Archaeology Group, archaeologists, Loanhead, Midlothian, Scotland
5/2001
© Copyright: AOC Archaeology Group. Courtesy of HES.
DP 345798
Standing building survey, General view of workshop exterior, Granton Gasworks, Edinburgh
Records of AOC Archaeology Group, archaeologists, Loanhead, Midlothian, Scotland
6/2001
© Copyright: AOC Archaeology Group. Courtesy of HES.
DP 345802
Standing building survey, General view of stone boundary wall, Granton Gasworks, Edinburgh
Records of AOC Archaeology Group, archaeologists, Loanhead, Midlothian, Scotland
6/2001
© Copyright: AOC Archaeology Group. Courtesy of HES.
SC 2442955
Edinburgh, 336 West Granton Road, Granton Gasworks, NT27NW 20, Ordnance Survey index card, Recto
Records of the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, England
c. 1958
© Crown Copyright: HES (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division)
SC 2661614
Edinburgh, Granton Gasworks, Jet Booster compound View of jet booster compound (c.1966) and high pressure gas intake pipes. The Jet Boosters keep the holder gas stocks up during peak demand (using a venturi valve)
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
6/10/1998
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2661627
Edinburgh, Granton Gasworks, Station Building General view from W showing the original gas lamps (moved from elsewhere) and the now blocked footbridge access to the first floor. This has been blocked and a round headed window inserted. The clock suffered storm damage in early 1999
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
6/10/1998
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2661629
Edinburgh, Granton Gasworks, Station Building General view from N looking towards the W frontage of Station Building across former railway sidings. Note the platform, original boundary wall and former gas lamp posts (not original site). The covered platform area was infilled and offices built. It was at that time that the overbridge was removed and the first floor access was blocked. The clock above the blocked access suffered storm damage in early 1999
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
6/10/1998
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2661633
Edinburgh, Granton Gasworks, Station Building View of S frontage of Station Building (1902) and platform. Passenger trains entered a covered area (right). This was latterly blocked and the reclaimed space used for offices
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
6/10/1998
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2661638
Edinburgh, Granton Gasworks, Station Building, interior View of blank wall cartouche, NW portion, ground floor
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
6/10/1998
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2661643
Edinburgh, Granton Gasworks, Engine shed/ workshops, interior View from N showing mechanics pit and rails in W bay
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
6/10/1998
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2661657
Edinburgh, Granton Gasworks, Meter House View from W, gasholder no.1 (c.1899) behind with common feed leg (left)
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
6/10/1998
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2661658
Edinburgh, Granton Gasworks, Meter House View from NW
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
6/10/1998
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2661670
Edinburgh, Granton Gasworks, Gasholder No.3 View of german design M.A.N. waterless gasholder no.3 (1969). The stock gauge is visible
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
6/10/1998
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2661674
Edinburgh, Granton Gasworks, W area of site View of surviving standard gauge railway track on W part of site, Gasholder No.2 and the flow and return legs to the three gasholders from SW
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
6/10/1998
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2661679
Edinburgh, Granton Gasworks, Gatehouse and gates View from S. Gasholders no.2 and no.3, and from left, Rateau Booster House with Control Room above and former Coal Store visible. The derelict cottage on the right (gable and chimneys visible) originally housed the site engineer and other later Scottish Gas employees
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
6/10/1998
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 052686
Group or possible family portrait during the construction of the Granton Gasworks.
Records of the Scottish Gas Board, Edinburgh, Scotland
12/9/1901
© Courtesy of HES (Scottish Gas Collection)
DP 052703
View of quarry, Granton Gas Works. Page 29: 'New Quarry from South West Corner 11th September 1900'.
Records of the Scottish Gas Board, Edinburgh, Scotland
10/7/1899
© Courtesy of HES (Scottish Gas Collection)
DP 052707
Titled: 'Eel found in Suction of Syphon Elevator at Old Quarry 23rd of October 1900'
Records of the Scottish Gas Board, Edinburgh, Scotland
23/10/1900
© Courtesy of HES (Scottish Gas Collection)
DP 074356
View of machinery during the construction of Granton Gas Works. Titled: 'Portable Engine, Stone Crusher and Concrete Mixer. 11th April 1900'.
Records of the Scottish Gas Board, Edinburgh, Scotland
11/4/1900
© Courtesy of HES (Scottish Gas Collection)
SC 1438533
Scottish Gas Board, Granton Gas Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland. Oblique aerial photograph taken facing North/West.
Aero Pictorial
23/5/1957
© Courtesy of HES (Aero Pictorial Collection)
SC 1492032
Edinburgh, Granton Gasworks, Boundary Wall View from NW of E boundary wall, turret detail
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
6/10/1998
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1505014
Edinburgh, Granton Gasworks, Station Building Detail of Clock Tower on Station Building from W. This has since suffered storm damage (January 1999)
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
6/10/1998
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1505027
Edinburgh, Granton Gasworks, Pumping Station General view from SW. Gasholder No.3 standby leg is visible in the foreground
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
6/10/1998
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1505039
Edinburgh, Granton Gasworks, Meter House, interior View of S frontage, showing typical window. This detail is similar to the Pumping Station
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
6/10/1998
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1505051
Edinburgh, Granton Gasworks, Boundary Wall View from SE of original E boundary wall incorporating the engine shed and mechanics workshop. Gasholder no.3 is in the background
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
6/10/1998
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1505052
Edinburgh, Granton Gasworks, Boundary Wall View from SE of E boundary wall, turret detail
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
6/10/1998
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1531994
Photograph recording the site of Granton Gasworks, Edinburgh, prior to construction, looking NE from the SW corner of the site.
Records of the Scottish Gas Board, Edinburgh, Scotland
10/1898
© Courtesy of HES (Granton Gasworks Collection)
SC 1531995
Photograph recording the site of Granton Gasworks, Edinburgh, prior to construction, looking N along the E side of the site.
Records of the Scottish Gas Board, Edinburgh, Scotland
10/1898
© Courtesy of HES (Granton Gasworks Collection)
SC 1532002
Photograph recording the site of Granton Gasworks, Edinburgh, prior to construction, looking NW across the SW part of the site towards the lodge of Granton House.
Records of the Scottish Gas Board, Edinburgh, Scotland
10/1898
© Courtesy of HES (Granton Gasworks Collection)
SC 1532007
Photograph recording the site of Granton Gasworks, Edinburgh, prior to construction, looking E to W across the site.
Records of the Scottish Gas Board, Edinburgh, Scotland
10/1898
© Courtesy of HES (Granton Gasworks Collection)
SC 1532032
Photograph recording the site of Granton Gasworks, Edinburgh, in an early stage of construction, showing a railway cutting.
Records of the Scottish Gas Board, Edinburgh, Scotland
11/1898
© Courtesy of HES (Granton Gasworks Collection)
SC 1532035
Photograph recording the site of Granton Gasworks, Edinburgh, at the start of construction, looking N across the NW corner of the site.
Records of the Scottish Gas Board, Edinburgh, Scotland
7/3/1899
© Courtesy of HES (Granton Gasworks Collection)
SC 1573574
Edinburgh, Granton Gasworks, Waterless gasholder under construction "Piston Centre from S"
Records of the Scottish Gas Board, Edinburgh, Scotland
1/10/1929
© Courtesy of HES (Scottish Gas Collection)
SC 1676938
General oblique aerial view.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography
1991
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1677368
Oblique aerial view centred on the office and works with the harbour, industrial estate and gas works adjacent, taken from the E.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography
2/5/2001
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1678787
Oblique aerial view centred on the gasworks with the country house adjacent, taken from the WSW.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography
12/3/2003
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1679426
Oblique aerial view centred on the gasworks, taken from the SE.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography
3/11/2000
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 345613
Standing building survey, Detail view of coal store block exterior, Granton Gasworks, Edinburgh
Records of AOC Archaeology Group, archaeologists, Loanhead, Midlothian, Scotland
5/2001
© Copyright: AOC Archaeology Group. Courtesy of HES.
DP 345662
Standing building survey, General view of coal store block exterior, Granton Gasworks, Edinburgh
Records of AOC Archaeology Group, archaeologists, Loanhead, Midlothian, Scotland
5/2001
© Copyright: AOC Archaeology Group. Courtesy of HES.
DP 345627
Standing building survey, General view of coal store block exterior, Granton Gasworks, Edinburgh
Records of AOC Archaeology Group, archaeologists, Loanhead, Midlothian, Scotland
5/2001
© Copyright: AOC Archaeology Group. Courtesy of HES.
DP 345673
Standing building survey, Detail view of coal store block exterior, Granton Gasworks, Edinburgh
Records of AOC Archaeology Group, archaeologists, Loanhead, Midlothian, Scotland
5/2001
© Copyright: AOC Archaeology Group. Courtesy of HES.
DP 345691
Standing building survey, General view of coal store block interior, Granton Gasworks, Edinburgh
Records of AOC Archaeology Group, archaeologists, Loanhead, Midlothian, Scotland
5/2001
© Copyright: AOC Archaeology Group. Courtesy of HES.
DP 345744
Standing building survey, General view of coal store block exterior, Granton Gasworks, Edinburgh
Records of AOC Archaeology Group, archaeologists, Loanhead, Midlothian, Scotland
5/2001
© Copyright: AOC Archaeology Group. Courtesy of HES.
DP 345771
Standing building survey, Aerial view of site, Granton Gasworks, Edinburgh
Records of AOC Archaeology Group, archaeologists, Loanhead, Midlothian, Scotland
5/2001
© Copyright: AOC Archaeology Group. Courtesy of HES.
DP 345791
Standing building survey, Detail view of workshop exterior, Granton Gasworks, Edinburgh
Records of AOC Archaeology Group, archaeologists, Loanhead, Midlothian, Scotland
6/2001
© Copyright: AOC Archaeology Group. Courtesy of HES.
DP 345814
Standing building survey, Detail view of workshop exterior, Granton Gasworks, Edinburgh
Records of AOC Archaeology Group, archaeologists, Loanhead, Midlothian, Scotland
6/2001
© Copyright: AOC Archaeology Group. Courtesy of HES.
DP 345816
Standing building survey, Detail view of workshop exterior, Granton Gasworks, Edinburgh
Records of AOC Archaeology Group, archaeologists, Loanhead, Midlothian, Scotland
6/2001
© Copyright: AOC Archaeology Group. Courtesy of HES.
SC 2648137
Edinburgh, Granton Gasworks, N area, general view General view from S of gasholders 2, 1 and 3 with Meter House (left) and Pumping Station (right). The red brick structure (right foreground) is the remains of the redundant cooling water pumps. This has lost its wooden cooling tower
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
6/10/1998
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2661609
Edinburgh, Granton Gasworks, Rateau Booster House, interior View from NW showing Rateau Boosters 1 - 4. The intrinsically safe swithgear is on the right. The Rateau Boosters are used for filling the gasholders and for the distribution of gas throughout Edinburgh
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
6/10/1998
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2661610
Edinburgh, Granton Gasworks, Rateau Booster House, interior View from NW showing Rateau Boosters 1 - 4. The intrinsically safe swithgear is on the right. The Rateau Boosters are used for filling the gasholders and for the distribution of gas throughout Edinburgh
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
6/10/1998
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2661626
Edinburgh, Granton Gasworks, Station Building General view from W showing the original gas lamps (moved from elsewhere) and the now blocked footbridge access to the first floor. This has been blocked and a round headed window inserted. The clock suffered storm damage in early 1999
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
6/10/1998
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2661655
Edinburgh, Granton Gasworks, Meter House General view from SW with gasholders nos. 1 (c.1899) and 3 (c.1969) behind. The pipes are the common leg gas flow and return to gasholders installed in c.1969
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
6/10/1998
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2661664
Edinburgh, Granton Gasworks, N area, general view General view from S of gasholders 2, 1 and 3 with Meter House (left) and Pumping Station (right). Workshops visible on extreme right and redundant pre-1957 return cooling water pipes (left). This cooled all the water used in processes within the works
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
6/10/1998
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 418272
General oblique aerial view.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography
1991
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 436657
Edinburgh, Granton Gasworks, Meter House, interior View from E showing pavilion roof structure and unmaintained clerestory glazing (building dis-used on date of survey). Two Connersville Meters by WC Holmes and Co. of Huddersfield (1949) are visible in middle background
6/10/1998
© RCAHMS
SC 1112798
Digital copy of oblique aerial view centred on the gasworks, taken from the WNW.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography
3/11/2000
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 102661
View of retort house during the construction of Granton Gasworks. PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS NO.207: SCOTTISH GAS COLLECTION, GRANTON GASWORKS ALBUMS
Records of the Scottish Gas Board, Edinburgh, Scotland
30/5/1906
© Courtesy of HES (Scottish Gas Collection)
SC 1505011
Edinburgh, Granton Gasworks, Station Building General view from N looking towards the W frontage of Station Building across former railway sidings. Note the platform, original boundary wall and former gas lamp posts (not original site). The covered platform area was infilled and offices built. It was at that time that the overbridge was removed and the first floor access was blocked. The clock above the blocked access suffered storm damage in early 1999
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
6/10/1998
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1505019
Edinburgh, Granton Gasworks,Station Buildings, interior View of jack-arched ceiling in E portion of building over (now enclosed) former railway platform level from S
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
6/10/1998
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1505021
Edinburgh, Granton Gasworks, Engine shed/ mechanics workshop Detail of arched doorway in W frontage
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
6/10/1998
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1505031
Edinburgh, Granton Gasworks, Pumping Station, interior View of pavilion roof structure with original clerestory glazing removed
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
6/10/1998
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1505032
Edinburgh, Granton Gasworks, Pumping Station, interior View of pavilion roof structure. Note roof frame in relation to exposed wall where the wall plaster, pilaster and cornice have been removed during machinery removal operations in the late 1980s
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
6/10/1998
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1505036
Edinburgh, Granton Gasworks, Meter House View from W, gasholder no.1 (c.1899) behind with common feed leg (left)
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
6/10/1998
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1505040
Edinburgh, Granton Gasworks, Meter House, interior View from NW showing original wood dado panelling in SE corner. This detail is similar to the Pumping Station
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
6/10/1998
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1505044
Edinburgh, Granton Gasworks, Gasholder No. 1 View of gasholder no.1 (c.1899) showing steel frame and gasholder telescoped to three of its possible four stages and stock gauge. This consists of a chain control indicator with cables for instruments on the holdder itself. This has been superceeded by an electronic stock measuring gauge
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
6/10/1998
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1505046
Edinburgh, Granton Gasworks, Gasholder No. 1 View from W of one of two original inlet or outlet valves of gasholder no.1 (c.1899 - whether inlet of outlet could not be ascertained on date of survey). On the date of survey, this functioned as the working leg of no.1 holder which allows gas both in and out. Gas distribution, on the date of survey, was controlled remotely from Newcastle
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
6/10/1998
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1505054
Edinburgh, Granton Gasworks, Boundary Wall View of boundary wall turret, NE corner of site from SW
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
6/10/1998
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1531998
Photograph recording the site of Granton Gasworks, Edinburgh, prior to construction, showing the SE of the site with the road bridge over the Caledonian Railway Granton Branch in the left background.
Records of the Scottish Gas Board, Edinburgh, Scotland
10/1898
© Courtesy of HES (Granton Gasworks Collection)
SC 1573573
Edinburgh, Granton Gasworks Waterless gasholder under construction "Lowering the Bottom Plate"
Records of the Scottish Gas Board, Edinburgh, Scotland
8/1929
© Courtesy of HES (Scottish Gas Collection)
SC 1573577
Edinburgh, Granton Gasworks Copy of drawing of cross section of continuous vertical retort plant
Records of the Scottish Gas Board, Edinburgh, Scotland
c. 1926
© Courtesy of HES (Scottish Gas Collection)
First 100 images shown. See the Collections panel (below) for a link to all digital images.
- Council Edinburgh, City Of
- Parish Edinburgh (Edinburgh, City Of)
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District City Of Edinburgh
- Former County Midlothian
Location formerly cited as centred NT 22437 77079.
NT27NW 20.01 NT 22612 76990 Fitting Shop
NT27NW 20.02 NT 22336 76753 Control House
NT27NW 20.03 NT 22428 76839 Store Block
NT27NW 20.04 NT 22638 76845 Railway Station
NT27NW 20.05 NT 22437 77079 Gate Lodge
NT27NW 20.06 NT 22441 77091 No. 1 Gasholder
Gas Works [NAT] (at NT 2213 7688)
Gasholders [NAT] (at NT 2252 7706)
Gasholders [NAT] (at NT 2201 7698)
OS 1:10,000 map, 1987.
RCAHMS REFERENCE
76 photograph albums containing progress photographs of every aspect of architectural and technical construction undertaken by the Company at Granton including the opening ceremony etc 1899-1931.
(Undated) information in NMRS.
NT 2231 7696 Prior to residential redevelopment, linear evaluation trenching in July and August 2002 on two areas within the site of the former Granton Gasworks failed to uncover significant archaeological features or artefacts.
A programme of standing building recording was required as a condition of planning consent on two buildings to the N of the site: the Pump House and Meter House. The two buildings were part of the first major construction of works which began in 1899 and were of a balanced Edwardian design in a red terracotta brick and steel-framed construction. The programme of building recording produced elevation drawings and a written and photographic record prior to their demolition. Access to the interior of these buildings was denied for health and safety reasons. (AOC 3479, AOC 3518)
Archive to be deposited in the NMRS.
Sponsor: Lattice Property Holdings.
Martin Cook and D Sproat (AOC) 2002.
Standing Building Recording (May 2001 - August 2001)
NT 2231 7696 Prior to the redevelopment of Granton Gasworks (NMRS NT27NW 20) a programme of standing building recording and historical research was carried out in May, June and August 2001.
A standing building survey and analysis was carried out at three of the remaining early 20th-century buildings: the coal store block erected between 1898 and 1903; the workshops building erected between 1903 and 1910; and the TRANSCO control house building erected in the 1930s. A section of the stone boundary wall to the NE was also recorded.
The buildings were once part of a large complex of industrial buildings constructed in the early 20th century and designed by Walter Ralph Herring for the Edinburgh & Leith Gas Commissioners' Company. Many of Herring's original buildings on the 106? acre site have already been demolished, hence the programme of building recording aims to be a 'preservation by record' of an incomplete heritage.
Sponsor: Lattice Properties.
D Sproat 2001
Photographic Survey
Photographs taken during the construction of Granton Gasworks showing every technical and architectural aspect of the building. HES holds 76 albums and a set of glass negatives.
