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Edinburgh, Mcdonald Road, Bowershall Mills
Chimney Stack (19th Century), Factory (19th Century), Generating Plant (19th Century), Works (19th Century)
Site Name Edinburgh, Mcdonald Road, Bowershall Mills
Classification Chimney Stack (19th Century), Factory (19th Century), Generating Plant (19th Century), Works (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Electric Light Works (Edinburgh Corporation); Envelope Factory; Power Station
Canmore ID 81175
Site Number NT27NE 127
NGR NT 26102 75250
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/81175
- Council Edinburgh, City Of
- Parish Edinburgh (Edinburgh, City Of)
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District City Of Edinburgh
- Former County Midlothian
NT27NE 127 26102 75250
ARCHITECT: John Cooper 1899
Rectangular-plan former coal-fired power generating station with Italian Renaissance basilica elevation to McDonald Road; offices and former printing works adjoining towering brick stack. Variegated brick with cream stugged ashlar elevation (painted and badly spalling); bull-blocks to SE angle of elevation.
Originally designed as an electric lighting station, used as a tramway power station and now in use as a switching station. (Historic Scotland)
