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Edinburgh, New Street, Gasworks

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Gas Works (19th Century)

Site Name Edinburgh, New Street, Gasworks

Classification Gas Works (19th Century)

Alternative Name(s) Canongate Gasworks

Canmore ID 52212

Site Number NT27SE 190

NGR NT 26295 73848

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/52212

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Edinburgh, New Street Gasworks Survey site plan Alex Masterson, Engineer E and LC Gas Commissioners, 'dep. by Scottish Gas 1980'
Edinburgh, New Street Gasworks Survey site plan Alex Masterson, Engineer E and LC Gas Commissioners, 'dep. by Scottish Gas 1980'View of gas works, New Street, Edinburgh.View of New Street Gasworks looking east, also showing Burns Monument and footbridge over Waverley Goods Station, EdinburghView of south boundary wall and gateway at 179 Canongate, leading into site of Gasworks, New Street, Edinburgh.Detail of part of south boundary wall to site of former Gasworks, New Street, Edinburgh.Edinburgh, New Street, Gasworks, NT27SE 190, Ordnance Survey index card, RectoView of New Street Gasworks, Edinburgh.View of New Street Gasworks from Calton Hill, also showing roof of the Royal High School, EdinburghView of New Street Gasworks from North Bridge looking east, also showing Arthur's Seat and Salisbury Crags, EdinburghView of men at work at New Street Gasworks, Edinburgh, unloading coal from railway wagons.Elevated view from south showing site of Gasworks, New Street, Edinburgh, with tenements at 181-223 Canongate and modern housing in Old Tolbooth Wynd visible.Detail of part of south boundary wall to site of former Gasworks, New Street, Edinburgh.View from south east of Tolbooth showing Gasworks Chimney in backgroundInterior view of machinery at New Street Gasworks, Edinburgh.Elevated view from south showing site of Gasworks, New Street, Edinburgh.View of part of boundary wall to Gasworks, New Street, Edinburgh, off Old Tolbooth Wynd.Interior view of gasworks, New Street, Edinburgh.View of New Street Gasworks chimney looking East, EdinburghView of New Street Gasworks and two schools looking east, Edinburgh.View of demolition of horizontal retorts at New Street Gasworks, Edinburgh.View of demolition of horizontal retorts at New Street Gasworks, Edinburgh.Elevated view from south showing site of Gasworks, New Street, Edinburgh, with modern housing in Old Tolbooth Wynd visible.View of part of Gasworks, New Street, Edinburgh, with courtyard leading off Old Tolbooth Wynd.View of part of boundary wall to Gasworks, New Street, Edinburgh, off Old Tolbooth Wynd.Edinburgh, New Street Gasworks, photographic copy of structural elevation sections and detail of proposed workshop Alex Masterson, Engineer E and LC Gas Commissioners, 'dep. by Scottish Gas 1980'View of Edinburgh. Inscr: 'Edinburgh from the Calton Hill. Looking South. Salisbury Crags, Liberton Tower, David Deans' Ho., Canongate church and burying ground, top of High School, Canongate Jail, Clerk St Church, Gas Works, Pentland Hills, Cowgate Church, Infirmary'.View of Edinburgh. Inscr: 'Edinburgh from St Anthony's Chapel. Castle, Assembly Hall, St Giles Church, St Anthony's Chapel, Tron Church, St John's Church, St George's Church, Scott Monument, St Andrew's Church, North Bridge, Gas Works, Prisons, D Stewart's National Monument, Nelson Mt, Burn's Mt, High School, Holyrood Palace and Abbey, North British Rail'.View of gasworks, New Street, Edinburgh.View of gasworks exhauster house, New Street, Edinburgh.View of New Street Gasworks, Edinburgh.View of New Street Gasworks and Canongate Parish Church and churchyard, Edinburgh.View of New Street Gasworks and Canongate churchyard, Edinburgh.Elevated view from south showing site of Gasworks, New Street, Edinburgh, with modern housing in Old Tolbooth Wynd visible.General view of Canongate, looking towards Gasworks chimney, with factory in foreground with writing on roof which reads "The "Help" Factory. Under the Management of the Distress Committee"Interior view of New Street Gasworks, Edinburgh.Elevated view from south showing site of Gasworks, New Street, Edinburgh, with tenements at 181-223 Canongate and modern housing in Old Tolbooth Wynd visible.View of New Street Gasworks chimney looking East, EdinburghEdinburgh, New Street Gasworks, photographic copy of elevation of proposed workshop Alex Masterson, Engineer E and LC Gas Commissioners, 'dep. by Scottish Gas 1980'Interior view of New Street Gasworks, Edinburgh.View of New Street Gasworks from Calton Hill, EdinburghView of New Street Gasworks and Canongate Parish Church and churchyard, Edinburgh.Detail of part of south boundary wall to site of former Gasworks, New Street, Edinburgh.View of part of Gasworks, New Street, Edinburgh, with courtyard leading off Old Tolbooth Wynd.Edinburgh, New Street Gasworks, photographic copy of elevations of proposed workshop Alex Masterson, Engineer E and LC Gas Commissioners, 'dep. by Scottish Gas 1980'

Administrative Areas

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

Archaeology Notes

NT27SE 190 263 738

NT27SE 190.01 Furnaces, Garage, Workshops

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Watching Brief (1999)

NT 2636 7375 An archaeological watching brief was conducted in support of engineering site investigation works at the site of a former gasworks on Calton Road. Six test pits were monitored and made ground varied from 0.5m to in excess of 3m. All made ground appeared to be predominantly composed of 19th-century foundations, demolition material and cellarage.

Sponsor: Barratts East of Scotland.

R McCullagh and J Gooder 1999

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Archaeological Evaluation (2000)

NT 2636 7377 An archaeological evaluation was carried out on a 4ha parcel of land adjacent to Calton Road and Old Tolbooth Wynd. The two northernmost trenches contained a buried cultivation soil, up to 2m thick, containing ceramic artefacts dating between the 12th and 18th centuries, situated at some depth below modern 'made ground'. In the other five trenches, 'made ground' and recent building foundations directly overlay or truncated natural subsoil.

Sponsor: Barratt East Scotland.

J Gooder 2000.

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