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C 10089 RCAHMS Aerial Photography
Aerial view showing Canongate at bottom of photograph, St Andrew's House at left, Leith Walk at top and Regent Terrace at right, plus Calton Hill in centre
1993
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C 10087 RCAHMS Aerial Photography
Oblique aerial view of centre of Edinburgh centred on St. Andrew's House, boiler house, and including St James' Centre and New Town at top of photograph, Royal High School to right, Cowgate at bottom and Waverley Station to left.
1993
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C 10088 RCAHMS Aerial Photography
Aerial view showing Canongate and High Street running across centre of photograph, with North and South Bridges to left, Calton Hill at top, Moray House College to right and Cowgate at bottom
1993
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C 25618 RCAHMS Aerial Photography
Aerial view of centre of Edinburgh including Castle Esplanade in foreground, looking down High Street towards Holyrood Palace, with The Mound and National Gallery of Scotland on left of photograph and Old College and Chambers Street on right
1994
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C 25633 RCAHMS Aerial Photography
Oblique aerial view of centre of Edinburgh including Holyrood Palace at top of photograph, Chamber Street at right, St Giles' Cathedral at bottom and Waverley Station and St Andrew's House at left
1994
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B 45567 Boiler house.
General view South East three coal-fired Wilson boilers (right) with Brigwood screw-feed automatic stokers suppllied by bunkers opposite (and situated beneath the yard) The boilers were built at the Lilybank Works, Glasgow, in 1937, and burn washed singles (coal) providing heat for the building's central heating system. The boilers carry the manufacturer's numbers 5851-3.
6/12/1990
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B 45568 Boiler house.
General view from North West showing the rear of the three coal fired Wilson Boilers.
6/12/1990
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B 45569 Boiler house.
Detail of the front of boiler No.1 two of the boilers work continuousl with the third under maintainance or on standby. They are said to have an output of three million British thermal units.
6/12/1990
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B 45570 Boiler house.
White Rose coal fired calorifier, (for providing hot water for the building), seen from SSE.
6/12/1990
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B 45571 Boiler house.
Detail of Brigwood Automatic screw-feed stoker for No.3 boiler taking coal from bunkers beneath the North side of the yard.
6/12/1990
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B 45572 Boiler house.
Detail of the electric hoist used to take bins of ash up to yard level where they are tipped into a skip. There is no automatic ash disposal system, regulary raked out by the boilerhouse attendant, George Urquhart.
6/12/1990
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B 45573 Boiler house.
Detail of the side of boiler No.1.
6/12/1990
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B 45574 Boiler house.
Detail of boiler house light switches.
6/12/1990
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B 45575 Boiler house.
Detail of gauges in boilerhouse.
6/12/1990
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B 45576 Boiler house.
Detail of nameplate on boiler No.1.
6/12/1990
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B 45577 Boiler house.
Detail of lister diesel-alternator set in North West corner of boilerhouse.
6/12/1990
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B 45578 Boiler house.
Detail of 3 'Megator' (of Sunderland) pumps taking water from the main water tank to the remainder of the building.
Although in the boiler houses, this system distributes mains water supply, and was installed in the 1970's.
6/12/1990
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B 45579 Boiler house.
Detail of front of White Rose coal-fired calorifier, for providing hot water for the building.
6/12/1990
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B 45580 Boiler house.
Detail of the boilerhouse attendant raking out NO.2 boiler.
6/12/1990
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B 45581 Boiler house.
Detail of boiler tubes on right isde of No.1 boiler. Because of plans to replace the boilers burst tubes have been sealed off rather than replace (see blocked ends).
6/12/1990
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B 45582 Boiler house.
Detail of Brigewood Automatic Stokers' control panel (probably installed in the 1980's).
6/12/1990
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B 45583 Boiler house.
Detail of hatch to underground coal bunker.
6/12/1990
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B 45584 Boiler house.
View of hatch, in yard, leading to underground coal bunker.
6/12/1990
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B 45585 Boiler house.
View of yard form South South East with piles of coal above bunkers.
6/12/1990
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