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Dock (Period Unassigned)

Site Name Edinburgh, Leith Docks, Imperial Dock

Classification Dock (Period Unassigned)

Alternative Name(s) Firth Of Forth; Outer Forth Estuary

Canmore ID 51979

Site Number NT27NE 57.04

NGR NT 27200 77200

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/51979

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View from W showing entrance to Albert dock from Imperial dock

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View from W showing entrance to Albert dock from Imperial dock

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Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland

23/6/1971

© Copyright: HES (Reproduced courtesy of J R Hume)

View from SW showing cranes on N side of Leith Docks, Edinburgh.

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View from SW showing cranes on N side of Leith Docks, Edinburgh.

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Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland

23/6/1971

© Copyright: HES (Reproduced courtesy of J R Hume)

View from WSW showing cranes on N side

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View from WSW showing cranes on N side

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Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland

23/6/1971

© Copyright: HES (Reproduced courtesy of J R Hume)

General view showing E end of dock with part of granaries in background

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General view showing E end of dock with part of granaries in background

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Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland

23/6/1971

© Copyright: HES (Reproduced courtesy of J R Hume)

View from S showing heavy crane on N side

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View from S showing heavy crane on N side

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Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland

23/6/1971

© Copyright: HES (Reproduced courtesy of J R Hume)

Imperial Dock.
Elevated view.

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Imperial Dock. Elevated view.

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Photographs by H D Wyllie, photographer, Edinburgh, Scotland

c. 1960

© Courtesy of HES (Photographs by H D Wyllie, photographer, Edinburgh, Scotland)

View from ENE showing W lock gate between Imperial and Albert docks

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View from ENE showing W lock gate between Imperial and Albert docks

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Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland

23/6/1971

© Copyright: HES (Reproduced courtesy of J R Hume)

Leith Docks, Edinburgh. Oblique aerial photograph taken facing north.

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Leith Docks, Edinburgh. Oblique aerial photograph taken facing north.

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Records of Aerofilms Ltd, aerial photographers, Bristol, England

5/9/1935

© Copyright: HES (Aerofilms Collection)

Edinburgh, oblique aerial view, taken from the S, showing Leith and Leith Docks.

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Edinburgh, oblique aerial view, taken from the S, showing Leith and Leith Docks.

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© RCAHMS

General view from ESE showing cranes

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General view from ESE showing cranes

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Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland

23/6/1971

© Copyright: HES (Reproduced courtesy of J R Hume)

View from ENE showing cranes on S side

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View from ENE showing cranes on S side

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Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland

23/6/1971

© Copyright: HES (Reproduced courtesy of J R Hume)

Leith Docks, Edinburgh. Oblique aerial photograph taken facing east.

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Leith Docks, Edinburgh. Oblique aerial photograph taken facing east.

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Records of Aerofilms Ltd, aerial photographers, Bristol, England

5/9/1935

© Copyright: HES (Aerofilms Collection)

Leith Docks, Edinburgh. Oblique aerial photograph taken facing north.

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Leith Docks, Edinburgh. Oblique aerial photograph taken facing north.

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Records of Aerofilms Ltd, aerial photographers, Bristol, England

5/9/1935

© Copyright: HES (Aerofilms Collection)

View from WNW showing grain elevator on S side

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View from WNW showing grain elevator on S side

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Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland

23/6/1971

© Copyright: HES (Reproduced courtesy of J R Hume)

General view from ESE

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General view from ESE

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Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland

23/6/1971

© Copyright: HES (Reproduced courtesy of J R Hume)

Leith Docks, Edinburgh. Oblique aerial photograph taken facing north.

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Leith Docks, Edinburgh. Oblique aerial photograph taken facing north.

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Records of Aerofilms Ltd, aerial photographers, Bristol, England

1928

© Copyright: HES (Aerofilms Collection)

View from N showing N front of swing bridge between Imperial and Albert docks

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View from N showing N front of swing bridge between Imperial and Albert docks

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Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland

23/6/1971

© Copyright: HES (Reproduced courtesy of J R Hume)

Leith Docks, Edinburgh. Oblique aerial photograph taken facing north-east.

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Leith Docks, Edinburgh. Oblique aerial photograph taken facing north-east.

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Records of Aerofilms Ltd, aerial photographers, Bristol, England

5/9/1935

© Copyright: HES (Aerofilms Collection)

Leith Docks, Edinburgh. Oblique aerial photograph taken facing north-east.

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Leith Docks, Edinburgh. Oblique aerial photograph taken facing north-east.

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Records of Aerofilms Ltd, aerial photographers, Bristol, England

5/9/1935

© Copyright: HES (Aerofilms Collection)

Leith Docks, Edinburgh. Oblique aerial photograph taken facing north-west.

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Leith Docks, Edinburgh. Oblique aerial photograph taken facing north-west.

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Records of Aerofilms Ltd, aerial photographers, Bristol, England

1928

© Copyright: HES (Aerofilms Collection)

Edinburgh, oblique aerial view, taken from the S, showing Leith and Leith Docks.

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Edinburgh, oblique aerial view, taken from the S, showing Leith and Leith Docks.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

1/9/1994

© Crown Copyright: HES

Edinburgh, Leith Docks, Imperial Dock, NT27NE 57.4, Ordnance Survey index card, Recto

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Edinburgh, Leith Docks, Imperial Dock, NT27NE 57.4, Ordnance Survey index card, Recto

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Records of the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, England

c. 1958

© Crown Copyright: HES (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division)

View from W showing entrance to Albert dock from Imperial dock

View from SW showing cranes on N side of Leith Docks, Edinburgh.

View from WSW showing cranes on N side

General view showing E end of dock with part of granaries in background

View from S showing heavy crane on N side

Imperial Dock.
Elevated view.

View from ENE showing W lock gate between Imperial and Albert docks

Leith Docks, Edinburgh. Oblique aerial photograph taken facing north.

Edinburgh, oblique aerial view, taken from the S, showing Leith and Leith Docks.

General view from ESE showing cranes

View from ENE showing cranes on S side

Leith Docks, Edinburgh. Oblique aerial photograph taken facing east.

Leith Docks, Edinburgh. Oblique aerial photograph taken facing north.

View from WNW showing grain elevator on S side

General view from ESE

Leith Docks, Edinburgh. Oblique aerial photograph taken facing north.

View from N showing N front of swing bridge between Imperial and Albert docks

Leith Docks, Edinburgh. Oblique aerial photograph taken facing north-east.

Leith Docks, Edinburgh. Oblique aerial photograph taken facing north-east.

Leith Docks, Edinburgh. Oblique aerial photograph taken facing north-west.

Edinburgh, oblique aerial view, taken from the S, showing Leith and Leith Docks.

Edinburgh, Leith Docks, Imperial Dock, NT27NE 57.4, Ordnance Survey index card, Recto

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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 57.04 27200 77200

Location formerly cited as NT 272 771.

See also:

NT27NE 57.23 NT 27585 76902 Grain Elevator

NT27NE 57.49 NT 26987 77430 Imperial Dry Dock

NT27NE 57.54 NT 26970 77350 Old Entrance Lock

NT27NE 57.57 NT 27262 77017 Swing bridge between Imperial Dock and Albert Dock

Imperial Dock [NAT] (at NT 2720 7720)

OS 1:1250 map, 1972.

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